girls:
253 births since 2000
#5463 (4th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 2021
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
263 births since 2000
#7476 (3rd percentile)
The name Leoni is the #7,476 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 263 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 3.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,463 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 253 births since 2000. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2021.
Leoni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for girls and 2021 for boys). Birth data for Leoni is available in 22 out of the 24 years between 2000 and 2023 (22 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Leoni has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.2% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Leoni reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #918) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Leoni ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 71.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Leoni reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #924) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leoni".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Leoni", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Leone" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Leone..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Leoni. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.7% confident that Leoni is pronounced as lee-OH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is leh-OH-nee, at 14.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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