Leonie

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Leonie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 74 births. Its best rank was 547th, in 1886.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 740.00% of girls
Peak year: 202474 births
Best rank: #547in 1886
Since 1880: 2,150people given the name

Babies named Leonie, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

2,150 girls have been named Leonie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 74 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 2010s alone account for 20%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

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

By decade

Decade	girls named Leonie
1880s	93
1890s	147
1900s	137
1910s	193
1920s	170
1930s	89
1940s	73
1950s	73
1960s	73
1970s	58
1980s	64
1990s	75
2000s	169
2010s	436
2020s	300

In 2024, its biggest year

Leonie was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Leonie

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.