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Leonidas

Rank in 2024
#508
Born in 2024
597
Peak year
2022 · #422
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 597 boys were named Leonidas, about 1 in every 2,873.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 758 babies, ranked #422.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 9,686 boys have been named Leonidas since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Leonidas per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 282 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 180 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 168 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 206 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 222 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,513 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,067 babies, 0.33 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Ancient Greek Λεωνίδᾱς (Leōnídās, “son of Leon / lion”).

  • (chiefly history) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Origin
Ancient Greek
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Leonidas, CC BY-SA 4.0.