Leonard
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Leonard
Leonard is the name of several saints, including one who is the patron saint of childhood, and another medieval saint who's the patron of prisoners--known for freeing prisoners he deemed worthy of God. Popular from 1900 to 1930, Leonard is perhaps more notable for those who dropped the name when they entered show biz than those who kept it: former Leonards include Roy Rogers and Tony Randall. Two musical Leonards did keep their names though--composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein and poet-singer Leonard Cohen. Leonard Woolf was the husband and publisher of great English novellist Virginia Woolf. These days, modern parents tend to prefer Leo or the romantic Italian Leonardo, especially since Leonard does not get pronounced with the trendy "Leo" sound.
Leonard is also given to girls.
Pronounced LEH-uh-nard.
As of October 2026, Leonard ranked #637 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #37 in 1923, Nameberry popularity #762.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #666 | 385 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #651 | 400 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #599 | 450 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #605 | 437 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #636 | 417 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #615 | 443 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #637 | 420 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #650 | 421 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #711 | 371 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #692 | 384 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #673 | 404 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #637 | 438 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Leonard on lists
Famous Leonards
- Leonard BernsteinBoy
American composer
- Leonard NimoyBoy
American actor
- Leonard CohenBoy
Canadian singer
- Leonard MaltinBoy
American film critic
- Leonard "Lenny" KravitzBoy
American singer
- Leonard SusskindBoy
American physicist, one of the fathers of string theory
- Leonard HankersonBoy
American football player
- Leonard JohnsonBoy
American football player
- Leonard PopeBoy
American football player
- Leonard Walter JeromeBoy
American businessman and grandfather of Winston Churchill
- Leonard Alfred SchneiderBoy
birth name of Lenny Bruce, American comedian
- Leonard Kimball FirestoneBoy
American businessman, ambassador and philanthropist
- Leonard Barrie "Barry" CorbinBoy
American actor
- Leonard FreemanBoy
American TV writer/producer, creator of "Hawaii Five,0"
- Leonard SandlerBoy
son of actors Kathryn Hahn and Ethan Sandler
- Winston Leonard SpencerBoy
Churchill, British politician
- Elmore John LeonardBoy
American novelist
Leonard in pop culture
- Leonard "Lenn(y)" / "Leo" Snart aka Captain ColdBoy
character in DC Comics
- Leonard Leakey HofstadterBoy
main character on TV's "The Big Bang Theory".
- Leonard "Lenny" KosnowskiBoy
main character on TV's "Laverne and Shirley"
- Leonard "Bones" McCoyBoy
a main character on TV's "Star Trek".
- Leonard BankheadBoy
main character in "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Leonard "Lenny" FederBoy
character in movie "Grown Ups"
- Leonard L. ChurchBoy
a main character on Rooster Teeth's "Red vs. Blue"
- LeonardBoy
a poodle in the movie "The Secret Life of Pets"
- Leonard W. BriscoeBoy
a character from Law and Order
- Leonard VanderboomBoy
character from Rusty Lake: Roots
- Leonard CooperBoy
son of Sheldon & Amy Cooper, mentioned in the "Young Sheldon" episode "Graduation" on November 5, 2020