Leonel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Leonel: Recorded since 2003, its highest recorded position is #240, and it stood at #406 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#240highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2006	#2870
2007	#4333
2008	#1953
2009	#2837
2010	#2199
2011	#1788
2012	#1756
2013	#2403
2014	#2079
2015	#2150
2016	#1627
2017	#2172
2018	#3959
2019	#2104
2020	#2404
2021	#3017
2022	#2320
2023	#1461
2024	#2671

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

In 2024: #240 among boys in Norway, #2671 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2003–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2024–2025
Highest recorded position: #240 among boys in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 2024–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #406 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Leonel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2003, and has registered 176 births with the name.

Leonel across 2 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.

Leonel'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
England and Wales · Boys	#3467 (2003)	#1461 (2023)	#2671 (2024)	20 of 22	176 (2003–2024)	17 (2023)
Norway · Boys	#240 (2024)	#240 (2024)	#406 (2025)	2 of 2	25 (2024–2025)	18 (2024)

Leonel 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 Leonel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	27	5 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	101	10 of 10	10
2020s	48	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Leonel 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 2003 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #240 in Norway in 2024.

Leonel'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	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	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#406	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#240	18	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2003 and 2025, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #240, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Norway in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 21 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.

Leonas · #710, 11y
Leone · #363, 37y
Leoni · #320, 32y
Leonid · #1906, 13y

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.

Jordan-Lee · #241, 16y
John-James · #237, 18y
Michel · #243, 24y
Islay · #244, 26y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Isla-Rose · #241, 18y
Ariah · #238, 18y
Mallaidh · #237, 11y
Ozzy · #243, 26y

Leonel was ranked #240 in Norway · Boys in 2024. 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.

Leonel 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 Leonel without appearing here.

Leonel moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #4991.
Einar Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1788 and #4647.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #4702.
Willow Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3959 and #2445 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #4702.

Moved ahead of Leonel

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #1460.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2199 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1788 and #1398.
Gunnar Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1906 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #2443.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1756 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2403 and #2403.

Moved the opposite way to Leonel

Garry Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Leonel went from #3467 to #1461 while Garry went from #1771 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2003 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Leonel went from #3467 to #1461 while Kelly went from #2470 to #3523.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2003 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #240 in Norway in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leonel

Leonel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leonel across 2 official records

Leonel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Leonel at a glance

Leonel across 2 official records

Leonel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Leonel

Leonel and the names beside it

Leonel moved ahead of

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