Names like Leonardo

In 2025, 3,789 boys born in the US were named Leonardo, #91 among boys' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1885, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1943.

Its best rank was #75, in 2022.

The most births in one year were 4,427, in 2019.

For all 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1938 or later (Leonardo's began in 1943).

Leonardo's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   —
2. 1890
   —
3. 1900
   —
4. 1910
   #891
5. 1920
   #915
6. 1930
   —
7. 1940
   #988
8. 1950
   #822
9. 1960
   #739
10. 1970
    #565
11. 1980
    #446
12. 1990
    #413
13. 2000
    #253
14. 2010
    #150
15. 2020
    #86
16. 2025
    #91

— outside the top 1,000

12 boy names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Leonardo's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.