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Boy's name · #510 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Leonidas is near its high-water mark: it reached #421 in 2022 and still ranked #510 in 2025. About 10,000 boys have carried it since 1880.
Leonidas rose sharply in 2007–2008, following 300 (2007), in which Gerard Butler portrays the Spartan king Leonidas.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#366 in Austria (2025) · #403 in Poland (2025) · #405 in Sweden (2025) · #434 in Switzerland (2025) · #458 in England & Wales (2025) · #556 in Ecuador (2025) · #880 in Scotland (2025) · #965 in Ireland (2025) · #1,040 in Netherlands (2025) · #569 in Canada (2024).
Among 303 notable people named Leonidas:
Military figures appear 2.91× more often than among typical names — e.g. Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek politician and general.
Similar names: Apollo · Leonel · Onyx · Atreus · Jayceon · Achilles
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