Leonard

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Leonard is a common English surname and a masculine given name. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon from the Greek Λέων through the Latin Leo, and the suffix hardu.

From Wikipedia

Leonard first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 215 babies (rank #250 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Leonard

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

33Destiny numberThe master teacherSelfless guidance and uplift — a heightened 6.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,855

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

215

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	39	#477
1997	33	#549
1998	33	#563
1999	39	#512
2000	35	#549
2001	37	#527
2002	52	#433
2003	51	#477
2004	58	#463
2005	55	#503
2006	77	#431
2007	78	#446
2008	93	#403
2009	105	#375
2010	92	#415
2011	115	#363
2012	128	#344
2013	134	#319
2014	185	#265
2015	201	#255
2016	215	#250