# Leonel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leonel/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,072 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27,067 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 184, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | 14,762 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 581 | 461 |
| 2012 | 618 | 445 |
| 2013 | 606 | 463 |
| 2014 | 709 | 430 |
| 2015 | 821 | 389 |
| 2016 | 891 | 373 |
| 2017 | 903 | 365 |
| 2018 | 923 | 358 |
| 2019 | 972 | 346 |
| 2020 | 929 | 345 |
| 2021 | 868 | 375 |
| 2022 | 1,032 | 327 |
| 2023 | 1,075 | 308 |
| 2024 | 1,084 | 317 |
| 2025 | 942 | 350 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Leonel

- Leonel Fernández, former president of the Dominican Republic
- Leonel Sánchez, Chilean footballer
- Leonel Álvarez, Colombian footballer and manager
- Leonel Moreira, Costa Rican footballer
- Leonel Vangioni, Argentine footballer
- Leonel Brizola, Brazilian politician (1922–2004)
- Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete
- Leonel Marshall Jr., Cuban volleyball player
- Leonel Power, British composer and music theoretician
- Leonel Justiniano, Bolivian professional footballer
- Leonel Morales, Bolivian footballer
- Leonel Galeano, Argentine footballer

## 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.