Leonardo
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About Leonardo
For centuries this name was associated primarily with the towering figure of Italian Renaissance painter-scientist-inventor Leonardo da Vinci, and was scarcely used outside the Latin culture.
But then along came Leonardo DiCaprio, who was supposedly given the name because his pregnant mother felt her first kick while looking at a da Vinci painting in the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence, and who would make the name young and handsome and multi-cultural.
Leonardo is a popular choice among other attractive Italian and Spanish names for boys, and its cousin Leo is popular as well.
Pronounced lay-uh-NAR-do.
As of October 2026, Leonardo ranked #91 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #75 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #557.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #114 | 3,450 | 1,796.1 |
| 2015 | #103 | 3,821 | 1,993.5 |
| 2016 | #96 | 4,325 | 2,279 |
| 2017 | #97 | 4,131 | 2,231.8 |
| 2018 | #93 | 4,221 | 2,324.1 |
| 2019 | #86 | 4,425 | 2,466.3 |
| 2020 | #86 | 4,102 | 2,376.5 |
| 2021 | #87 | 4,104 | 2,345.8 |
| 2022 | #75 | 4,364 | 2,499.4 |
| 2023 | #84 | 4,028 | 2,354.8 |
| 2024 | #84 | 3,951 | 2,293.2 |
| 2025 | #91 | 3,789 | 2,218.3 |
World rankings
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Leonardo on lists
Famous Leonardos
- Leonardo Wilhelm "Leo" DiCaprio
American actor
- Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance artist and inventor
- Leonardo Fibonacci
Italian mathematician
- Leonardo "Leo" Encinas Cruz
son of actor Javier Bardem and actress Penelope Cruz
- Leonardo Fortunato Ponti
son of actress Sasha Alexander
- Leonardo Toni (b. 2014)
son of footballer Luca Toni and model Marta Cecchetto
- Leonardo "Leo" Ángel Charles (b.2016)
son of actor Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas Baldwin
- Leonardo Fábregas Semaan (b.2017)
son of Spanish footballer Cesc Fábregas and girlfriend Daniella Semaan
Leonardo in pop culture
- Leonardo
one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Leonardo "Leo" Wyatt
character in TV show, Charmed
- Leonardo "Leo" Watch
character in Blood Blockade Battlefront