Leonardo
The 2025 national count puts Leonardo at #91, neither climbing nor fading. It has been on the books since 1885 and never mattered more than it does today; 96,066 bearers and counting.
What Leonardo carries
Leonardo · Teutonic
“lion strong”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Leonardo’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Leonardo, 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.
Leonardo since 1885
Leonardo peaked in 2019 at #86; #91 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Leonardo is most common
Among the states, Leonardo takes its largest share in Nevada, 0.57% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with California and Arizona next.
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 Leonardo
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Emery
#74 in 2025 · Teutonic
Luis
#144 in 2025 · Teutonic
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Axel
#79 in 2025 · Teutonic
Charlie
#133 in 2025 · Teutonic
Adeline
#59 in 2025 · Teutonic
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Amelia
#4 in 2025 · Teutonic
Browse: names starting with L · Teutonic names · all names
About Leonardo
Where does Leonardo rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Leonardo at #91, neither climbing nor fading. The chart above draws the whole run since 1885, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Leonardo?
The reference we cite records “lion strong”, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Leonardo?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Emery sits closest, with Luis and Audrey just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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