Leopold

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Leopold is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 72 births. Its best rank was 591st, in 1895.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 720.00% of boys
Peak year: 2020120 births
Best rank: #591in 1895
Since 1880: 3,965people given the name

Babies named Leopold, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

3,965 boys have been named Leopold in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 120 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 2010s alone account for 20%. It has spent 36 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Leopold
1880s	44
1890s	62
1900s	83
1910s	468
1920s	560
1930s	268
1940s	188
1950s	185
1960s	127
1970s	125
1980s	94
1990s	124
2000s	347
2010s	808
2020s	482

In 2020, its biggest year

Leopold was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2020 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and William. See all of 2020.

Names that rose and fell with Leopold

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.