Lenin

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Peak · boys
#1,823
2018 · 83 births
Debut · boys
1925
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,722
since 1925

Lenin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lenin has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,823, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,88443
2024—#2,83545
2023—#2,76946
2022—#2,16867
2021—#2,22563
2020—#2,43753
2019—#2,18864
2018—#1,82383
2017—#2,00371
2016—#2,25559
2015—#2,11266
2014—#3,09036
2013#16,5475#2,95538
2012—#3,71428
2011—#3,16435
2010—#2,57947
2009—#2,80043
2008—#2,54249
2007—#2,76543
2006—#2,57846
2005—#2,36549
2004—#3,07432
2003—#2,62038
2002—#2,88232
2001—#2,52038
2000—#3,15027
1999—#2,86529
1998—#2,78229
1997—#2,82327
1996—#3,20222
1995—#3,19121
1994—#2,84725
1993—#3,66117
1992—#3,22020
1991—#3,46217
1990—#2,86522
1989—#3,61815
1988—#5,2008
1987—#3,33914
1986—#2,60120
1985—#4,05210
1984—#2,52919
1983—#2,91215
1982—#3,96610
1981—#3,22113
1980—#2,21323
1979—#2,77716
1978—#5,7725
1977—#2,66516
1976—#3,47110
1975—#3,07812
1974—#2,54915
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1972—#4,4416
1971—#3,14610
1970—#4,7245
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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five boys were named Lenin! It came in at #4,197, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1925–1970, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Lenin is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,687 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 19,497 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedHITexas: #2,285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,175 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Lenin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,687 · 1 in 19,497
  2. Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #657 in Arizona, 2018.

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See more about Lenin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 49 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #2,884)
  • 447 spots since 2020 (#2,437 → #2,884)
  • 772 spots since 2015 (#2,112 → #2,884)
Rise & fade · boys
93 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 2018 at #1,823 (83 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,881
  • Highest: 1 in 21,881 boys born in 2018 were named Lenin (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.6% of all boys named Lenin (527) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,197 (1925)#4,197
1930s0——
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1960s5#4,136 (1968)#4,136
1970s95#2,549 (1974)#3,625
1980s147#2,213 (1980)#3,365
1990s229#2,782 (1998)#3,092
2000s397#2,365 (2005)#2,730
2010s527#1,823 (2018)#2,588
2020s317#2,168 (2022)#2,553

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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