Leonia

Popularity Trends

The name Leonia is the #6,179 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,567 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 20.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,187 (26.7% percentile) for all time with 1,567 births since 1882.

Leonia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (first recorded for girls in 1882). Birth data for Leonia is available in 102 out of the 140 years between 1882 and 2021. 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.

For girls, Leonia reached its peak popularity in 1918, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #554) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1903, with 72 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leonia".

1882 2021 18822021

Key Statistics

Total Births

1,567

Peak Births

Peak Year

1918

First Recorded

1882

Peak Percentile

6.1%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#554

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Leonia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Leonia.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Leonia's popularity from 1880 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Leonia at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Leonia range from Cecile at 91.4% correlation to Oma at 90.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 91.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Willie with 596.1K births (75% boys) and the least popular is Bulah with 3.0K births (100% girls).

Leonia's share of births peaked at 71.9 births per million for girls in 1918. It reached its lowest point of 2.7 births per million (4% of peak) in 2019. In 2021, the most recent period with data, the name Leonia had 2.8 births per million, 4% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Cecile

20.6k

91.42% (very strong)

Verda

8,069

91.28% (very strong)

Bulah

3,027

91.22% (very strong)

Elva

32.4k

91.22% (very strong)

Eula

47.5k

91.08% (very strong)

Mable

53.3k

91.07% (very strong)

Letha

19.2k

90.96% (very strong)

Willie

596.1k

90.89% (very strong)

Viola

133k

90.78% (very strong)

Delphia

4,236

90.76% (very strong)

Madie

3,169

90.75% (very strong)

Oma

9,779

90.61% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Leonia

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Leonia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.5% confident that Leonia is pronounced as lee-OH-nee-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lee-oh-nee-uh, at 12.5% confidence, with 4 syllables.

lee-OH-nee-uh

87.5%

lee-oh-nee-uh

12.5%

lee-OH-nee-uh (4 syllables)

87.5% confidence

L IY0 OW1 N IY0 AH0

lee-oh-nee-uh (4 syllables)

12.5% confidence

L IY0 OW0 N IY0 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L IY0 OW1 N IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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