Leonard
Boy nameLeonard has been given to 295,746 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1921 and currently ranks #637 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈlɛnɚd/
From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German leo (“lion”) or Old High German liut (“person”) and hart (“hard”). As a surname, also used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Leannáin (Lennon).
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
295,746
Peak year
1921 (5,675 babies)
Rank in 2025
#637 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +10%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Leonard
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
Leonard Bernstein
American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
Leonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
Lenny Kravitz
American guitarist and singer (born 1964)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Leonard.
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