Is Leona a boy or girl name?
Leona is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 624 girls and 0 boys were named Leona, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.7% of the 112,894 US babies named Leona were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #488
- Babies named Leona since 1880
- 112,894
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 3,346 babies
Boys and girls named Leona, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 2,151 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 5,083 | 100% |
| 1900s | 31 | 9,848 | 99.7% |
| 1910s | 72 | 23,825 | 99.7% |
| 1920s | 102 | 26,031 | 99.6% |
| 1930s | 70 | 14,173 | 99.5% |
| 1940s | 19 | 9,028 | 99.8% |
| 1950s | 0 | 5,641 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 3,695 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 2,024 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,355 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 935 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,486 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 4,297 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 3,028 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 624 | #488 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 586 | #518 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 585 | #531 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 600 | #515 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 633 | #484 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 616 | #510 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 611 | #508 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 565 | #547 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 507 | #596 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 419 | #681 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 379 | #738 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 374 | #730 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 287 | #912 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 283 | #920 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 256 | #990 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 274 | #971 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 237 | #1,098 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 152 | #1,522 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 143 | #1,538 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 139 | #1,503 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 134 | #1,509 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 104 | #1,809 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 105 | #1,740 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 90 | #1,932 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 108 | #1,639 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 90 | #1,778 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 82 | #1,878 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 101 | #1,591 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,679 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 90 | #1,645 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,919 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 89 | #1,686 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,559 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 114 | #1,415 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 104 | #1,497 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 142 | #1,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 110 | #1,316 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 125 | #1,176 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 129 | #1,125 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 135 | #1,078 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 123 | #1,121 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 128 | #1,083 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 144 | #1,022 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 152 | #966 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 167 | #903 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 182 | #854 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 184 | #814 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 170 | #864 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 158 | #863 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 191 | #751 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 189 | #750 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 220 | #679 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 227 | #663 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 218 | #702 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 285 | #609 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 277 | #597 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 275 | #579 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 303 | #540 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 317 | #530 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 348 | #508 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 405 | #479 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 462 | #449 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 419 | #472 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 428 | #471 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 461 | #455 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 482 | #439 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 530 | #402 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 497 | #418 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 521 | #394 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 508 | #389 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 568 | #364 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 583 | #344 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 602 | #338 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 669 | #302 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 681 | #298 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 738 | #283 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 775 | #277 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 815 | #268 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 819 | #245 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 843 | #227 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 896 | #221 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 1,061 | #199 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,216 | 1,055 | #195 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 998 | #189 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,020 | 1,028 | #183 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 1,075 | #177 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,777 | 1,164 | #173 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,801 | 1,173 | #173 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,549 | 1,235 | #161 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,841 | 1,308 | #155 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,492 | 1,472 | #140 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 1,461 | #139 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,756 | 1,670 | #134 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,573 | 1,743 | #133 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,169 | 1,872 | #130 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,869 | 2,020 | #122 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,469 | 2,085 | #122 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,360 | 2,243 | #121 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,278 | 2,429 | #112 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,681 | 2,515 | #108 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,696 | 2,794 | #103 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,333 | 2,744 | #100 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,919 | 2,825 | #101 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,377 | 3,210 | #92 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,100 | 3,166 | #89 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,596 | 3,033 | #90 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,632 | 3,335 | #79 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,791 | 3,115 | #80 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,817 | 3,086 | #75 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 2,972 | #74 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 2,174 | #79 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,886 | 1,911 | #74 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,975 | 1,650 | #76 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 1,329 | #76 |
| 1910 | 13 | #907 | 1,220 | #79 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 1,167 | #72 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,073 | 1,118 | #73 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 1,106 | #72 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,193 | 1,017 | #72 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 1,082 | #69 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,316 | 998 | #69 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,224 | 881 | #76 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 875 | #76 |
| 1901 | 7 | #904 | 779 | #78 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 825 | #85 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 665 | #84 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 665 | #90 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 619 | #89 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 556 | #94 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 520 | #102 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 471 | #104 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 463 | #102 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 440 | #104 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 352 | #113 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 332 | #120 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 348 | #109 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 311 | #118 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 208 | #130 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 227 | #125 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 231 | #115 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 210 | #121 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 178 | #119 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 163 | #124 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 138 | #121 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 137 | #119 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Leona reached #904 in 1901. As a girl name, it reached #69 in 1904. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Leona
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.