Name Legacy

Leonides

Recorded 1919–2025 · United States

Leonides was most popular in 1981, when 19 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,204 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 711 people named Leonides.

Most popular in1981
Rank that year#6,204
Births that year19
Total since 1880711
Given to97% boys

Leonides over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Leonides’s peak in 1981. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Leonides a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Leonides is a boy’s name — 2.5% of the 711 Americans given it were girls and 97.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Where Leonides is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org