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How popular is the name Leo?
Births per year, rank history and how many Leos are alive today.
Leo is one of the ten most popular boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 5th in 2024 with 3,324 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2017, when 3,781 babies were given the name, the 7th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 63,000 babies have been named Leo in England and Wales since 1996.
The Leo you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Leos born in England and Wales are between 6 and 16, and there are at least 63,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 19% chance that at least one of them will be called Leo.
How many babies are named Leo each year?
Where does Leo rank among boys' 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 Leo most popular?
Leo peaked in 2017, when 3,781 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Leo?
At least 63,000 people named Leo born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leo?
Most living Leos are between 6 and 16; the most common age is about 8.
Is Leo becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.