Leopold is a distinctive choice, ranked #1460 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Leopold in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1460
About the Name Leopold
Leopold has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 467 places in five years. It was most popular in 2018 at #932 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Leopold is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Leopold
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Leopold per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Leopold in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Leopold has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 467 places in the last five years. Its peak was #932 in 2018. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Leopold is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Leopold include: Leopold Aschenbrenner — Leopold Aschenbrenner is a German artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and investor.; Leopold Godowsky — Leopold Mordkhelovich Godowsky Sr..
Leopold does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Leopolds in the wild.
18
UK babies named Leopold (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 467 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Leopold
Likely around 1 other Leopold in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Leopold
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Leopold Aschenbrenner is a German artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and investor. He was part of OpenAI's "Superalignment" team before he was fired in April 2024 over an alleged information leak, which Aschenbrenner disputes.
Rudolf Leopold was an Austrian art collector whose collection, comprising more than 5,000 works of art, was established as a private foundation in 1994. The foundation was created and financed by the Government of Austria, the National Bank of Austria, and the collector himself.
Leopold I was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865. The youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold took a commission in the Imperial Russian Army and fought against Napoleon after French troops overran Saxe-Coburg during the Napoleonic Wars.
Leopold Infeld was a Polish physicist who worked mainly in Poland and Canada. He was a Rockefeller fellow at Cambridge University and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Leopold Mordkhelovich Godowsky Sr. was a virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher, born in what is now Lithuania to Jewish parents, who became an American citizen in 1891.
Leopold II was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Queen Maria Carolina, Duchess Maria Amalia of Parma, and Emperor Joseph II.
Leopold III was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951. At the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but after the German invasion in May 1940, he surrendered his country, earning him much hostility, both at home and abroad.