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Baby name
Leona
Girl
Origin of the name
Leona is the feminine of Leon, from the Latin leo, “lion.”
Comeback name
113,330births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 79rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Leona are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Leona is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Leona is most common in North Dakota (3.7 times), South Dakota (3) and Nebraska (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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