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How popular is “Leonard” in the USA?

Number of people named “Leonard” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Leonard” 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 “Leonard” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Leonard” by birth year

This chart shows how “Leonard” 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 200 0.000992635 200 -100%
1881 206 0.001069086 206 -100%
1882 231 0.001042734 231 -100%
1883 200 0.000921888 200 -100%
1884 206 0.000846131 206 -100%
1885 204 0.000846986 204 -100%
1886 236 0.000924345 236 -100%
1887 207 0.000836729 207 -100%
1888 225 0.000751317 225 -100%
1889 229 0.000792536 229 -100%
1890 275 0.000912406 275 -100%
1891 235 0.000819749 235 -100%
1892 301 0.00090019 7 294 -95%
1893 275 0.000845574 275 -100%
1894 343 0.001012726 343 -100%
1895 342 0.000974303 342 -100%
1896 350 0.000979065 350 -100%
1897 310 0.000893482 310 -100%
1898 421 0.001103669 421 -100%
1899 321 0.000946249 321 -100%
1900 465 0.001032741 465 -100%
1901 362 0.001046812 362 -100%
1902 433 0.001119636 7 426 -97%
1903 448 0.001175236 448 -100%
1904 508 0.001259031 508 -100%
1905 495 0.001167668 495 -100%
1906 498 0.001162327 6 492 -98%
1907 552 0.001186102 5 547 -98%
1908 614 0.001256526 614 -100%
1909 665 0.0013008 665 -100%
1910 803 0.001359379 10 793 -98%
1911 958 0.001486936 5 953 -99%
1912 1938 0.001961415 10 1928 -99%
1913 2287 0.002011239 11 2276 -99%
1914 2932 0.002070119 9 2923 -99%
1915 4004 0.002185081 11 3993 -99%
1916 4347 0.002247189 19 4328 -99%
1917 4710 0.002347079 16 4694 -99%
1918 5010 0.002307574 30 4980 -99%
1919 5036 0.002386453 26 5010 -99%
1920 5543 0.00244979 32 5511 -99%
1921 5675 0.002430922 25 5650 -99%
1922 5433 0.002373364 26 5407 -99%
1923 5507 0.002391768 21 5486 -99%
1924 5628 0.002363107 27 5601 -99%
1925 5500 0.002357174 35 5465 -99%
1926 5443 0.002370743 41 5402 -98%
1927 5341 0.002302792 29 5312 -99%
1928 5172 0.002287546 42 5130 -98%
1929 4869 0.002221096 40 4829 -98%
1930 4693 0.002110838 31 4662 -99%
1931 4308 0.002047151 29 4279 -99%
1932 4119 0.001950939 18 4101 -99%
1933 3977 0.00198905 22 3955 -99%
1934 3850 0.001853799 14 3836 -99%
1935 3826 0.00183071 22 3804 -99%
1936 3729 0.001794879 13 3716 -99%
1937 3500 0.001642676 20 3480 -99%
1938 3694 0.001669549 24 3670 -99%
1939 3725 0.001690537 14 3711 -99%
1940 3845 0.00166979 28 3817 -99%
1941 3997 0.001640518 12 3985 -99%
1942 4380 0.001603328 11 4369 -99%
1943 4631 0.00164071 14 4617 -99%
1944 4202 0.001562036 19 4183 -99%
1945 4131 0.001557158 6 4125 -100%
1946 4718 0.00147654 16 4702 -99%
1947 5172 0.001435741 15 5157 -99%
1948 4799 0.00139 19 4780 -99%
1949 4563 0.00130941 12 4551 -99%
1950 4600 0.001313026 19 4581 -99%
1951 4751 0.001289722 13 4738 -99%
1952 4634 0.001220114 15 4619 -99%
1953 4439 0.001151897 27 4412 -99%
1954 4497 0.001129699 15 4482 -99%
1955 4273 0.001064238 13 4260 -99%
1956 4391 0.001064992 20 4371 -99%
1957 4357 0.001036852 16 4341 -99%
1958 4036 0.000976317 15 4021 -99%
1959 3754 0.00090284 26 3728 -99%
1960 3656 0.000880155 19 3637 -99%
1961 3449 0.000832629 20 3429 -99%
1962 3174 0.000786545 19 3155 -99%
1963 3063 0.000773837 18 3045 -99%
1964 3082 0.000792776 12 3070 -99%
1965 2722 0.000750804 10 2712 -99%
1966 2468 0.000710082 12 2456 -99%
1967 2436 0.000717548 21 2415 -98%
1968 2276 0.000673689 19 2257 -98%
1969 2278 0.000655479 15 2263 -99%
1970 2304 0.000638844 7 2297 -99%
1971 2055 0.000598714 19 2036 -98%
1972 1726 0.000549158 9 1717 -99%
1973 1675 0.000555208 10 1665 -99%
1974 1478 0.000486184 10 1468 -99%
1975 1454 0.000481554 23 1431 -97%
1976 1329 0.000437992 18 1311 -97%
1977 1313 0.000413349 12 1301 -98%
1978 1322 0.000416526 9 1313 -99%
1979 1275 0.000383228 11 1264 -98%
1980 1290 0.000374509 13 1277 -98%
1981 1198 0.000346305 7 1191 -99%
1982 1210 0.00034493 11 1199 -98%
1983 1113 0.000321366 13 1100 -98%
1984 1062 0.000304407 8 1054 -98%
1985 967 0.000270936 12 955 -98%
1986 912 0.00025639 11 901 -98%
1987 977 0.000270966 9 968 -98%
1988 908 0.000245735 908 -100%
1989 921 0.000239566 7 914 -98%
1990 863 0.000218344 863 -100%
1991 833 0.000213849 833 -100%
1992 775 0.000201756 775 -100%
1993 672 0.000178236 672 -100%
1994 645 0.000173497 645 -100%
1995 528 0.000144177 528 -100%
1996 547 0.000149978 547 -100%
1997 455 0.000125491 455 -100%
1998 471 0.000128052 471 -100%
1999 479 0.000129674 479 -100%
2000 451 0.000119315 451 -100%
2001 436 0.000116472 436 -100%
2002 396 0.000105931 396 -100%
2003 402 0.000105725 402 -100%
2004 385 0.000100761 385 -100%
2005 385 0.000100134 385 -100%
2006 384 0.000097063 384 -100%
2007 356 0.000089052 356 -100%
2008 400 0.000101764 400 -100%
2009 323 0.000084551 323 -100%
2010 388 0.000104986 388 -100%
2011 326 0.000089125 326 -100%
2012 338 0.000092416 338 -100%
2013 349 0.00009573 349 -100%
2014 385 0.000103875 385 -100%
2015 400 0.000108081 400 -100%
2016 450 0.000122659 450 -100%
2017 437 0.000122197 437 -100%
2018 417 0.000118604 417 -100%
2019 443 0.000127631 443 -100%
2020 420 0.000125727 420 -100%
2021 421 0.000124264 421 -100%
2022 371 0.000109662 371 -100%
2023 384 0.00011597 384 -100%
2024 404 0.000121376 404 -100%

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