Leon has been given to about 184,074 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1924, which makes it a interwar name.
Leon ranks 138th among American boys in 2025, with 2,583 born that year. Its best year was 1924, when 2,714 babies were given the name, ranking 76th. The typical living American called Leon is about 60 years old today. It is relatively most common in Vermont, where it accounts for 0.37% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.