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Leo
Pronounced /ˈliːəʊ/
Rank in 2024
#24
Born in 2024
7,793
Peak year
2022 · #22
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:18 in 2024 (#6,463)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 7,793 boys were named Leo, about 1 in every 220.
- It peaked in 2022 with 8,290 babies, ranked #22.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 251,760 boys have been named Leo since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Leo per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.7Greatest1901–27
- 1.9Silent1928–45
- 0.7Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.7Gen Z1997–12
- 3.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 62,562 babies, 3.74 per 1,000. Silent: 39,123 babies, 1.89 per 1,000. Boomers: 27,877 babies, 0.74 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,799 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,298 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen Z: 20,858 babies, 0.66 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 76,884 babies, 3.54 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin leō (“lion”), calque of Ancient Greek λέων (léōn), calque of Akkadian 𒉈𒍑 (nēšu)/Akkadian 𒌨𒄞𒆷 (urgulû), from Sumerian 𒌨𒄞𒆷 (UR.GU.LA, “lion; name of constellation”). Doublet of Leon, leu, lev, lion, and Lyon.
- A male given name from Latin, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈliːəʊ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Leo, CC BY-SA 4.0.