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How popular is “Leo” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leo” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Leo” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Leo” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Leo” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Leo” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Leo” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leo” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 153 0.000759366 6 147 -92%
1881 128 0.000664286 6 122 -91%
1882 146 0.000659044 146 -100%
1883 142 0.000654541 142 -100%
1884 198 0.000813272 6 192 -94%
1885 210 0.000871898 11 199 -90%
1886 248 0.000971345 8 240 -94%
1887 238 0.000962036 6 232 -95%
1888 363 0.001212125 10 353 -94%
1889 333 0.001152464 8 325 -95%
1890 405 0.001343725 12 393 -94%
1891 361 0.001259275 8 353 -96%
1892 458 0.001369724 14 444 -94%
1893 467 0.001435938 19 448 -92%
1894 525 0.00155009 10 515 -96%
1895 516 0.001470002 7 509 -97%
1896 519 0.001451813 22 497 -92%
1897 474 0.001366163 12 462 -95%
1898 608 0.001593897 20 588 -93%
1899 492 0.001450326 10 482 -96%
1900 587 0.001303697 17 570 -94%
1901 468 0.001353336 12 456 -95%
1902 565 0.001460956 14 551 -95%
1903 647 0.001697272 11 636 -97%
1904 571 0.00141517 19 552 -93%
1905 526 0.001240794 14 512 -95%
1906 519 0.00121134 11 508 -96%
1907 667 0.001433207 16 651 -95%
1908 606 0.001240154 22 584 -93%
1909 628 0.001228424 19 609 -94%
1910 732 0.001239185 25 707 -93%
1911 862 0.001337932 18 844 -96%
1912 1671 0.001691189 17 1654 -98%
1913 2057 0.001808972 26 2031 -97%
1914 2690 0.001899256 35 2655 -97%
1915 3575 0.001950965 48 3527 -97%
1916 3680 0.001902382 59 3621 -97%
1917 3830 0.001908559 51 3779 -97%
1918 4098 0.001887513 62 4036 -97%
1919 3855 0.001826802 53 3802 -97%
1920 4116 0.001819112 62 4054 -97%
1921 4116 0.001763115 50 4066 -98%
1922 3951 0.001725964 50 3901 -97%
1923 4024 0.00174768 51 3973 -97%
1924 4038 0.001695492 48 3990 -98%
1925 3828 0.001640594 53 3775 -97%
1926 3604 0.001569751 52 3552 -97%
1927 3594 0.001549567 58 3536 -97%
1928 3139 0.001388362 44 3095 -97%
1929 3046 0.001389496 28 3018 -98%
1930 3081 0.001385785 46 3035 -97%
1931 2739 0.001301566 39 2700 -97%
1932 2522 0.00119453 22 2500 -98%
1933 2375 0.001187828 23 2352 -98%
1934 2328 0.001120947 19 2309 -98%
1935 2155 0.00103115 13 2142 -99%
1936 2033 0.000978543 16 2017 -98%
1937 2028 0.000951813 13 2015 -99%
1938 1966 0.000888558 14 1952 -99%
1939 1856 0.000842319 14 1842 -98%
1940 1768 0.000767799 15 1753 -98%
1941 1740 0.000714161 15 1725 -98%
1942 1815 0.000664393 15 1800 -98%
1943 1705 0.000604062 11 1694 -99%
1944 1602 0.000595522 10 1592 -99%
1945 1593 0.000600473 11 1582 -99%
1946 1660 0.000519512 13 1647 -98%
1947 1813 0.000503286 8 1805 -99%
1948 1723 0.000499056 5 1718 -99%
1949 1656 0.00047521 10 1646 -99%
1950 1560 0.000445287 6 1554 -99%
1951 1663 0.000451443 5 1658 -99%
1952 1564 0.000411795 6 1558 -99%
1953 1670 0.000433356 13 1657 -98%
1954 1619 0.000406712 6 1613 -99%
1955 1585 0.000394762 9 1576 -99%
1956 1558 0.000377877 8 1550 -99%
1957 1520 0.00036172 9 1511 -99%
1958 1437 0.000347613 9 1428 -99%
1959 1443 0.000347043 11 1432 -98%
1960 1212 0.00029178 9 1203 -99%
1961 1178 0.000284383 1178 -100%
1962 1110 0.000275068 9 1101 -98%
1963 1021 0.000257946 6 1015 -99%
1964 1036 0.000266488 9 1027 -98%
1965 908 0.000250452 6 902 -99%
1966 856 0.000246285 856 -100%
1967 775 0.000228284 8 767 -98%
1968 700 0.000207198 5 695 -99%
1969 741 0.000213218 741 -100%
1970 708 0.000196311 6 702 -98%
1971 658 0.000191705 7 651 -98%
1972 557 0.00017722 7 550 -97%
1973 517 0.000171369 8 509 -97%
1974 511 0.000168092 511 -100%
1975 523 0.000173214 7 516 -97%
1976 488 0.000160828 7 481 -97%
1977 489 0.000153943 5 484 -98%
1978 485 0.00015281 7 478 -97%
1979 483 0.000145176 483 -100%
1980 473 0.00013732 473 -100%
1981 540 0.000156098 6 534 -98%
1982 489 0.000139397 6 483 -98%
1983 436 0.00012589 7 429 -97%
1984 430 0.000123253 430 -100%
1985 452 0.000126642 5 447 -98%
1986 415 0.000116669 415 -100%
1987 459 0.000127301 7 452 -97%
1988 457 0.000123679 6 451 -97%
1989 433 0.00011263 5 428 -98%
1990 431 0.000109046 431 -100%
1991 506 0.000129901 506 -100%
1992 469 0.000122095 469 -100%
1993 462 0.000122537 6 456 -97%
1994 474 0.0001275 474 -100%
1995 451 0.000123152 5 446 -98%
1996 447 0.00012256 447 -100%
1997 458 0.000126319 458 -100%
1998 527 0.000143276 527 -100%
1999 524 0.000141857 524 -100%
2000 658 0.000174078 658 -100%
2001 736 0.000196613 736 -100%
2002 815 0.000218014 6 809 -99%
2003 1103 0.000290086 8 1095 -99%
2004 1244 0.000325576 5 1239 -99%
2005 1282 0.000333433 7 1275 -99%
2006 1501 0.000379406 1501 -100%
2007 1531 0.000382972 1531 -100%
2008 1634 0.000415706 6 1628 -99%
2009 1808 0.000473277 6 1802 -99%
2010 1946 0.000526552 1946 -100%
2011 2256 0.000616766 6 2250 -99%
2012 2887 0.000789366 8 2879 -99%
2013 3519 0.000965255 9 3510 -99%
2014 3992 0.001077063 16 3976 -99%
2015 4613 0.00124645 11 4602 -100%
2016 5312 0.001447925 13 5299 -100%
2017 5982 0.001672728 17 5965 -99%
2018 6791 0.001931513 19 6772 -99%
2019 7523 0.002167429 22 7501 -99%
2020 7253 0.002171182 31 7222 -99%
2021 7834 0.002312314 32 7802 -99%
2022 8322 0.002459849 32 8290 -99%
2023 8180 0.002470406 28 8152 -99%
2024 7811 0.002346702 18 7793 -100%

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