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Leon

Leon means "Lion" and comes from Greek, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. 1924 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

GreekLion
Births by decade
1900s
2,942
1910s
15,506
1920s
25,891
1930s
23,189
1940s
23,692
1950s
21,469
1960s
13,951
1970s
9,976
1980s
7,696
1990s
5,183
2000s
5,050
2010s
8,260
Peaked in the 1920s · 162,805 total U.S. births since 1900