# Leona (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leona/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /liˈoʊnə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 113,624 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 294 / 113,330 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,337, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Leon + -a.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 283 | 920 |
| 2012 | 287 | 912 |
| 2013 | 374 | 731 |
| 2014 | 379 | 739 |
| 2015 | 419 | 682 |
| 2016 | 507 | 596 |
| 2017 | 565 | 547 |
| 2018 | 611 | 508 |
| 2019 | 616 | 510 |
| 2020 | 634 | 484 |
| 2021 | 600 | 515 |
| 2022 | 585 | 531 |
| 2023 | 586 | 521 |
| 2024 | 629 | 487 |
| 2025 | 723 | 429 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 11 | 2,681 |
| 1926 | 8 | 3,278 |
| 1927 | 13 | 2,360 |
| 1928 | 12 | 2,469 |
| 1929 | 9 | 2,869 |
| 1930 | 8 | 3,169 |
| 1931 | 10 | 2,573 |
| 1932 | 9 | 2,756 |
| 1934 | 10 | 2,491 |
| 1935 | 8 | 2,841 |
| 1936 | 9 | 2,549 |
| 1937 | 9 | 2,597 |
| 1938 | 7 | 3,043 |
| 1940 | 7 | 3,021 |
| 1942 | 12 | 2,216 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 99 | 432 |
| 2012 | 74 | 573 |
| 2013 | 64 | 639 |
| 2014 | 62 | 645 |
| 2015 | 58 | 696 |
| 2016 | 64 | 655 |
| 2017 | 41 | 915 |
| 2018 | 54 | 729 |
| 2019 | 48 | 778 |
| 2020 | 50 | 735 |
| 2021 | 46 | 788 |
| 2022 | 44 | 809 |
| 2023 | 37 | 941 |
| 2024 | 36 | 980 |
| 2025 | 52 | 705 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Leona
- Polish: Leonia

## People named Leona

- Leona Lewis, British singer (born 1985)
- Leona Woods, American nuclear physicist (1919–1986)
- Leona Paraminski, Croatian actress
- Leona Helmsley, American hotel owner (1920–2007)
- Leona Marlin-Romeo, Dutch politician
- Leona Florentino, Filipino writer (1849-1884)
- Leona Cavalli, actress
- Leona Roberts, American actress (1879–1954)
- Leona Anderson, American actress (1885–1973)
- Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian politician
- Leona Mitchell, American opera singer
- Leona Chalmers, American writer, inventor and actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.