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How popular is the name Leonardo?
Births per year, rank history and how many Leonardos are alive today.
Leonardo (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 126th in 2025 with 389 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2018, when 504 babies were given the name, the 119th most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 7,200 babies have been named Leonardo in England and Wales since 1996. Common short forms of Leonardo include Lenny.
The Leonardo you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Leonardos born in England and Wales are between 5 and 13, and there are at least 7,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Leonardo.
How many babies are named Leonardo each year?
Where does Leonardo 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 Leonardo most popular?
Leonardo peaked in 2018, when 504 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Leonardo?
At least 7,200 people named Leonardo born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leonardo?
Most living Leonardos are between 5 and 13; the most common age is about 8.
Is Leonardo becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.