boy's name

Léopold

  • Origin French
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (France)
  • Births on record 23,990

France

#210

2025 births

Léopold is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 255 babies in France, ranking #210. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Léopold is a name of French origin.
  • Peaked in France in 1902, when 395 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 2,312 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1900.

Léopold over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,635
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Léopold by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 3,635
1910s 2,555
1920s 2,075
1930s 1,155
1940s 610
1950s 420
1960s 235
1970s 185
1980s 310
1990s 1,155
2000s 2,035
2010s 2,850
2020s (to 2025) 1,760

How popular is Léopold?

In 2025, Léopold was given to 255 babies in France, ranking #210 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Léopold is used

France #210 265 in 2025
Scotland as Leopold #702 3 in 2014
Canada as Leopold #858 30 in 2024
United States as Leopold #1,992 76 in 2025
England & Wales as Leopold #2,155 11 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Léopold is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Leopold Leopold is a spelling of Léopold, used in the United States, where it ranks #1,992. 19,585

Names that peaked alongside Léopold

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Léopold also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Léopold over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Léopold

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Léopold — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Léopold

Is Léopold a girl's or a boy's name?

Léopold is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Léopold most popular?

Léopold peaked in 1902, when 395 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Léopold a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Léopold currently ranks #210 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.