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How popular is the name Leonard?
Births per year, rank history and how many Leonards are alive today.
Leonard (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 249th in 2025 with 187 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1904, when around 6,900 babies were given the name, the 22nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1904; the 2025 figure is roughly 3% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 180,000 babies have been named Leonard in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Leonard include Leo and Lenny.
The Leonard you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Leonards born in England and Wales are between 51 and 83, and there are at least 30,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 9.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Leonard.
How many babies are named Leonard each year?
Where does Leonard 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 Leonard most popular?
Leonard peaked in 1904, when around 6,900 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Leonard?
At least 30,000 people named Leonard born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leonard?
Most living Leonards are between 51 and 83; the most common age is about 79.
Is Leonard becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1904 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.