We got a USA pope… who made the same choice as thousands of Americans in choosing the name Leo.

Source: Social Security Administration

Tool: Excel

Posted by chartr

20 comments

  1. I feel like Leo Messi might be a major contributor to the upward trend as well

  2. Now that the new Pope is Leo you’ll see yet another surge

  3. Yeah… it’s weird – I named my son Leo when he was born in 2020 thinking it’s all so original – and suddenly there are Leos everywhere.

  4. OP can you do one now for the name Adolf tracked over time and indicate the release of the movie Downfall in relation to the chart? Or Barbie, either one….

  8. We should make a law that EVERYONE is named Leo. Even the cats and dogs. Graves will have the names rubbed off and re-carved as Leo. First president of the USA? Leo Washington. Who sold bad copper? Leo Nasir. TV Chef? Leo Childs. The Pope? Leo.

  9. My brother and sister in law aren’t even Catholic and they’re considering Robert Francis for their kid.

    It’s not completely weird because both are family names.

  11. Oh shit… i just realised that the 6 month old son of one of my collegues has been named Leo.
    Talk about prophetic.

    O.O

  12. would be nice to see it being compared to other names, especially something common like john

  14. adjusted for population, wouldn’t it have been more popular in the 1920s?

  15. Are we sure Uncle Leo from Seinfeld had nothing to do with this?

  16. Thousands of kids are now subject to “Leo? Like the Pope??” jokes

  17. Never forget the brilliant mind of Dr. Leo Marvin who helped so many people with his New York Times best seller “Baby Steps”.

  18. You know Leonardo from ninja Turtles added to that bump. It took a while for the kids who grew up on it to start having children 🙂

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