Leni
- #1,173 for girls in 2025, 197 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #9,763
- Given to girls 98.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 197 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,935since 1938
Leni over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leni has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,173 | 197 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,242 | 187 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,195 | 201 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #1,521 | 141 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,750 | 117 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,924 | 99 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,919 | 103 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #2,254 | 81 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,964 | 55 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,139 | 52 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,422 | 32 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #4,121 | 36 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
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| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | — | |
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| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
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| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1938
The first year at least five girls were named Leni! It came in at #3,847, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965–1966, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Leni is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #396 | 5 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Missouri | #640 | 8 | 1 in 3,037 |
| Maryland | #651 | 7 | 1 in 2,855 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Louisiana | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| North Carolina | #780 | 12 | 1 in 3,874 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Massachusetts | #873 | 5 | 1 in 4,806 |
| Colorado | #907 | 5 | 1 in 4,665 |
| Illinois | #927 | 9 | 1 in 4,925 |
| Pennsylvania | #927 | 9 | 1 in 5,188 |
| New Jersey | #939 | 7 | 1 in 5,071 |
| Michigan | #965 | 7 | 1 in 5,104 |
| New York | #1,028 | 14 | 1 in 5,595 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Georgia | #1,358 | 6 | 1 in 7,535 |
| California | #1,361 | 17 | 1 in 9,513 |
| Florida | #1,545 | 8 | 1 in 10,845 |
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 751 spots since 2020 (#1,924 → #1,173)
Rise & fade · girls
87 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 2025 at #1,173 (197 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,983
- Highest: 1 in 7,983 girls born in 2023 were named Leni (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,159 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,173 in 2025, was only 1 in 8,159 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 48.7% of all girls named Leni (942) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 11 | #3,847 (1938) | #4,049 |
| 1940s | 132 | #2,287 (1944) | #2,650 |
| 1950s | 89 | #2,937 (1951) | #4,236 |
| 1960s | 62 | #3,460 (1961) | #5,362 |
| 1970s | 40 | #6,340 (1977) | #7,850 |
| 1980s | 35 | #8,178 (1980) | #10,068 |
| 1990s | 7 | #10,271 (1991) | #10,271 |
| 2000s | 117 | #4,482 (2009) | #7,732 |
| 2010s | 500 | #1,919 (2019) | #3,565 |
| 2020s | 942 | #1,173 (2025) | #1,468 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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