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How popular is the name Leon?
Births per year, rank history and how many Leons are alive today.
Leon (male) is currently the 100th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 545 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2010, when 1,204 babies were given the name, the 60th most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2024 figure is roughly 45% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 23,000 babies have been named Leon in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Leon you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Leons born in England and Wales are between 16 and 43, and there are at least 40,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Leon.
How many babies are named Leon each year?
Where does Leon 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 Leon most popular?
Leon peaked in 2010, when 1,204 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Leon?
At least 40,000 people named Leon born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leon?
Most living Leons are between 16 and 43; the most common age is about 17.
Is Leon becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.