Ethan or Leo

Leo is the more popular boy name in Canada, #4 to #15 in 2024. Leo is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #3 to #54 in 2025. Ethan is the more popular boy name in the USA, #19 to #24 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Ethan against Leo, in that place's most recent complete year.EthanLeo#1#25#50#100Canada#15 → #4 ↑11England and Wales#54 → #3 ↑51USA#19 → #24 ↓5Alberta#7 in bothBritish Columbia#7 → #6 ↑1Ontario#17 → #10 ↑7Quebec#34 → #2 ↑32
PlaceYear Ethan Leo Ahead
Canada2024#15#4Leo
England and Wales2025#54#3Leo
USA2024#19#24Ethan
Alberta2024#7#7Leo
British Columbia2024#7#6Leo
Ontario2024#17#10Leo
Quebec2024#34#2Leo

Ethan and Leo in Canada, 2020–2024

Ethan stood at #15 in 2024, matching its 2020 rank in Canada. Leo climbed from #5 in 2020 to #4 in 2024 in Canada.

Ethan and Leo ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#20#4 Leo#15 Ethan20202021202220232024

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Ethan and Leo in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Ethan slipped from #36 in 2020 to #54 in 2025 in England and Wales. Leo climbed from #6 in 2020 to #3 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Ethan and Leo ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#3 Leo#54 Ethan202020212022202320242025

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Ethan and Leo in the USA, 2020–2024

Ethan slipped from #13 in 2020 to #19 in 2024 in the USA. Leo climbed from #36 in 2020 to #24 in 2024 in the USA. Leo passed Ethan in 2023. Ethan passed Leo in 2024.

Ethan and Leo ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#19 Ethan#24 Leo20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.