Leo
Leo ranks #19 in the United States in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 259,988 American bearers across the record.
What Leo carries
Leo’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Leo, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Leo since 1880
Leo peaked in 2022 at #22; #19 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Leo is most common
The state that gives Leo most often, per boys born there, is Vermont (1.49% in 2025); District of Columbia and South Dakota are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Leo
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Chloe
#23 in 2025 · Greek
Zoe
#31 in 2025 · Greek
Lydia
#92 in 2025 · Greek
Penelope
#22 in 2025 · Greek
Sebastian
#16 in 2025 · Greek
Sofia
#9 in 2025 · Greek
Elena
#42 in 2025 · Greek
Miles
#44 in 2025 · Greek
Browse: names starting with L · Greek names · all names
About Leo
Where does Leo rank right now?
Leo ranks #19 in the United States in 2025, at or near its all-time peak. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Leo have a meaning on record?
The reference we cite records “lion”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Leo?
Chloe, Zoe and Lydia sit nearest to Leo on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Leo’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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A printed picture book where Leo earns every letter of their own name, page by page. See the preview pages and hear when it is ready.
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