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How popular is the name Leona?
Births per year, rank history and how many Leonas are alive today.
Leona (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 705th in 2025 with 52 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2007, when 266 babies were given the name, the 200th most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 20% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The Leona you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Leonas born in England and Wales are between 14 and 26, and there are at least 2,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Leona - on average, only one in every 117 such rooms contains a Leona.
How many babies are named Leona each year?
Where does Leona rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Leona most popular?
Leona peaked in 2007, when 266 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Leona?
At least 2,700 people named Leona born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leona?
Most living Leonas are between 14 and 26; the most common age is about 19.
Is Leona becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.