Leona

Girl name

Leona has been given to 113,624 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1918 and currently ranks #429 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin /liːˈəʊnə/

From Leon +&lrm; -a.

Origin: Latin

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

113,624

Peak year

1918 (3,346 babies)

Rank in 2025

#429 for girls

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +73%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Leona Lewis

British singer (born 1985)

Leona Woods

American nuclear physicist (1919–1986)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Leona.

115,441 babies since 1880

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127,660 babies since 1880

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