Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Leona

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Leona
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

3,335

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

81.3%

2024

624

All-time

112,600

Leona has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 3,335 girls were named Leona.

In 2024, only 624 girls were given the name.

Down 81.3% from its peak.

All told, about 112,600 Americans have been named Leona and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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