Leontine
Leontine is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 716th, in 1887.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191832 births
- Best rank
- #716in 1887
- Since 1883
- 1,150people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,150 girls have been named Leontine in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 32 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 32 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1921, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Leontine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | |
| 1890s | 117 | |
| 1900s | 143 | |
| 1910s | 217 | |
| 1920s | 241 | |
| 1930s | 141 | |
| 1940s | 102 | |
| 1950s | 65 | |
| 1960s | 35 | |
| 1970s | 25 | |
| 1980s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 6 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Leontine was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1918 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Leontine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zettiepeak 1924
- Florriepeak 1921
- Maudiepeak 1918
- Estapeak 1920
- Omiepeak 1920
- Rossiepeak 1919
- Goldiepeak 1915
- Vestapeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.