as a First Name
From a Late Latin personal name, meaning ‘lion’, which was borne by a large number of early Christian saints, most notably Pope Leo the Great (?390–461).
| 461st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 98,680
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 154,056
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Leo per capita
- 1915
- marked the height of its popularity
0.02%
99.98%
55%
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21%
30-54
30-54
5%
13-29
13-29
19%
0-12
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