Leonel

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Leonel is ranked 319th among boys in 2024 (1,079 births). Its best rank was 308th, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #319down 11 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,0790.06% of boys
Peak year: 20241,079 births
Best rank: #308in 2023
Since 1910: 26,116people given the name

Babies named Leonel, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

26,116 boys have been named Leonel in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,079 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 29%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Leonel
1910s	131
1920s	266
1930s	324
1940s	390
1950s	476
1960s	632
1970s	1,083
1980s	1,886
1990s	3,191
2000s	5,139
2010s	7,618
2020s	4,980

In 2024, its biggest year

Leonel was the 319th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Leonel

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.