Leon

“Lion” — Greek via Latin origin

Boy's name · #138 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Leon has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #73 (1926) · 182,638 babies named Leon all-time · 1 in 660 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #3 in Poland (2025) · #6 in Germany (2025) · #7 in Estonia (2024) · #8 in Austria (2025) · #8 in France (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Leons

Leon Trotsky — Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)
Leon Battista Alberti — Italian architect and writer (1404-1472)
Leon M. Lederman — American mathematician and physicist
Leon Cooper — American physicist (1930–2024)
Leon Goretzka — German association football player

In stories & tradition

Leon of Sparta — mythological Greek character
Leon S. Kennedy — Resident Evil · Resident Evil 2
Leon Vance — NCIS: Los Angeles · NCIS

What Leons become

Among 2,571 notable people named Leon:

Military figures appear 1.77× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leon Barszczewski, Polish-Russian soldier and explorer of Middle Asia (1849-1910).

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