Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Leonard

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

Endangered Down 92.8% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

5,650

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

92.8%

2024

404

All-time

293,884

Leonard once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 5,650 boys were named Leonard.

In 2024, only 404 boys were given the name.

Down 92.8% from its peak.

All told, about 293,884 Americans have been named Leonard and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.8% from peak

19215,650 boys named Leonard

2024404 boys named Leonard

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