Leo

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Lรฉo is a proper noun in French, meaning "lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo.

From Wikipedia

Leo first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1961 with 146 babies (rank #129 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Leo

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Leo yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,646
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
146
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1955144#106
1956139#112
1957132#125
1958122#138
1959124#142
1960112#153
1961146#129
1962107#170
1963111#168
1964109#175
196591#200
196693#188
196799#184
196880#211
196991#199
197059#261
197157#267
197229#365
197328#354
197432#339
197531#335
197634#325
197725#377
197824#392
197923#410
198021#445
198136#337
198227#393
198318#482
198423#446
198516#542
198627#426
198721#500
198818#542
198932#415
199029#461
199118#578
199226#493
199321#543
199415#630
199514#641
199620#552
199715#634
199814#655
199914#658
20008#846
200112#714
20027#895
200312#710
200412#709
20059#795
200612#690
200710#726
200814#620
200914#626
201010#721
201114#604
201213#608
201317#515
201415#548