Leo

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #19in 2025
  • 1 in 208boys in 2025
  • +99%last ten years
  • 2.9×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 1903, and up 99% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,6675,33418801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Leo, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,330
18811,211
18821,284
18831,357
18841,678
18851,846
18862,166
18872,288
18882,921
18892,939
18903,540
18913,488
18923,638
18933,989
18944,449
18954,336
18964,157
18974,097
18984,793
18994,538
19003,788
19014,283
19024,492
19035,334
19044,308
19053,870
19063,815
19074,434
19083,784
19093,714
19103,640
19113,735
19123,847
19133,962
19144,055
19154,156
19164,068
19174,083
19183,982
19193,879
19203,809
19213,692
19223,585
19233,625
19243,522
19253,383
19263,199
19273,138
19282,794
19292,806
19302,766
19312,597
19322,394
19332,372
19342,236
19352,057
19361,945
19371,889
19381,760
19391,664
19401,511
19411,405
19421,303
19431,187
19441,168
19451,175
19461,014
1947987
1948979
1949928
1950868
1951881
1952802
1953840
1954791
1955765
1956733
1957700
1958673
1959671
1960565
1961555
1962532
1963500
1964516
1965485
1966480
1967440
1968400
1969414
1970377
1971368
1972339
1973327
1974325
1975330
1976307
1977295
1978291
1979281
1980265
1981298
1982266
1983239
1984238
1985242
1986225
1987242
1988236
1989214
1990210
1991250
1992235
1993232
1994245
1995234
1996236
1997243
1998276
1999273
2000335
2001379
2002417
2003554
2004624
2005638
2006730
2007738
2008798
2009908
20101,014
20111,185
20121,518
20131,856
20142,070
20152,401
20162,792
20173,223
20183,729
20194,182
20204,188
20214,460
20224,750
20234,770
20244,541
20254,785

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 2.9×
  2. Vermont 2.7×
  3. Hawaii 2.1×
  4. Delaware 2.0×
  5. South Dakota 1.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
8,173
Rank in 2025
#19
How rare
1 in 208 boys
Since 1880
259,988

Most popular in 1903, at 5,334 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 99% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia2.9×112
Vermont2.7×46
Hawaii2.1×85
Delaware2.0×81
South Dakota1.8×97

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.