Name meaning & stats
Leonidas
Leonidas (Ancient Greek origin). 9,812 US babies since 1940, peak 2022.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Ancient Greek
In US birth records
Peak year: 2022
9,812 US babies were named Leonidas between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Leonidas (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 92% of the family
- Leonidas 92%
- Leonides 6%
- Leonidus 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2022)