Leone
Leone is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Leone
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leone is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Leone
As a girl name
Leone first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1880, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1916, when 253 Leones were born — ranking #393 that year. As of 2026, Leone ranks #15,243 for girls with 5 births, rising sharply (+22% over the past five years). In total, more than 6K Leones have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Leone first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1914, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 26 Leones were born — ranking #4,140 that year. As of 2026, Leone ranks #4,140 for boys with 26 births, rising sharply (+28% over the past five years). In total, more than 481 Leones have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Leone
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About the name Leone
Leone is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Leone's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #393. Use the chart and map above to compare Leone's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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