Leone

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Leone: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Leone: Recorded since 1966, it reached #363 in 1970, and it stood at #3,112 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#363highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2011

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2000	#1831
2001	#2466
2002	#3409
2003	#3099
2004	#3197
2006	#2320
2008	#4524
2011	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 14 of the 30 years from 1966 to 1995.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–1995
Highest recorded position: #363 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1970 (recorded 1966–1995).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3112 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Leone appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 19 ranked years and 97 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1966.

Leone across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Leone's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#363 (1970)	#516 (1995)	14 of 30	53 (1966–1995)	7 (1979)
England and Wales · Boys	#2425 (1999)	#2104 (2019)	#3112 (2023)	19 of 25	97 (1999–2023)	10 (2019)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#1831 (2000)	#5785 (2011)	12 of 16	60 (1996–2011)	9 (2000)

Leone by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Leone in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	28	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	41	7 of 10	6
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Leone appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #363 in Republic of Ireland in 1979.

Leone's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1966 and 2023, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #363, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 30 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Leonas · #710, 11y
Leonel · #240, 21y
Leoni · #320, 32y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rosalyn · #363, 33y
Hong · #360, 38y
Hodan · #368, 39y
Milos · #356, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Coleen · #363, 26y
Ammar · #362, 52y
Aleksandr · #365, 48y
Georgios · #365, 51y

Leone was ranked #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1970. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Leone and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Leone without appearing here.

Leone moved ahead of

Ollie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3197 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2320 and #5061.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2324 and #4812.
Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3900 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1831 and #3912.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Leone

Cillian Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #1084.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2404 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1392.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.

Moved the opposite way to Leone

Sophie Compare
Between 1970 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leone went from #363 to #516 while Sophie went from #396 to #40.
Zoe Compare
Between 1970 and 1995 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Leone went from #363 to #516 while Zoe went from #307 to #61.
Henrik Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Leone went from #2142 to #3112 while Henrik went from #3036 to #1533.
Isak Compare
Between 2000 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Leone went from #2142 to #3112 while Isak went from #3036 to #1461.

Moved the same way as Leone

Nils Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Leone went from #2425 to #4789 and Nils from #1850 to #3990.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Leone went from #3795 to #5785 and Abigail from #21 to #38.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Leone went from #3795 to #5785 and Aimee from #70 to #104.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Leone went from #3795 to #5785 and Aisling from #440 to #1665.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #363 in Republic of Ireland in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Leone

Leone at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leone across 3 official records

Leone by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Leone appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Leone at a glance

Leone across 3 official records

Leone by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Leone appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Leone

Leone and the names beside it

Leone moved ahead of

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