Lenita

Peak · girls
1954 · 35 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,178
since 1919

Lenita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lenita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,739, 1954girls
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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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2009#17,2945
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2004#16,0995
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1999#11,3857
1998#14,1225
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1991#13,1475
1990#7,30311
1989#5,04917
1988#6,27712
1987#5,07415
1986#3,89021
1985#5,67812
1984#5,22213
1983#4,88414
1982#5,53412
1981#4,00519
1980#5,54412
1979#4,84214
1978#4,24216
1977#3,91118
1976#3,54019
1975#3,95016
1974#4,04115
1973#2,62927
1972#3,27619
1971#2,87424
1970#3,11021
1969#2,45428
1968#2,87420
1967#2,43225
1966#3,04017
1965#2,29327
1964#2,91519
1963#2,13131
1962#2,21029
1961#2,25028
1960#1,83538
1959#2,28925
1958#1,82036
1957#2,48621
1956#2,32123
1955#1,94030
1954#1,73935
1953#2,36320
1952#2,26621
1951#2,69415
1950#2,05322
1949#2,06922
1948#2,32918
1947#2,20020
1946#2,88012
1945#3,3888
1944#2,19916
1943#2,35215
1942#2,41614
1941#3,0309
1940#2,20314
1939#2,73610
1938#2,9409
1937#2,9409
1936#2,26313
1935#2,9269
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1933#2,54011
1932#2,03716
1931#3,2268
1930#3,0559
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1928#2,95410
1927#4,2866
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1925#3,6648
1924#5,0615
1923#4,9675
1922#5,0095
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1920#4,9755
1919#3,4528
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Lenita! It came in at #3,452, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1924, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lenita is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Lenita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Lenita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1954 at #1,739 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 12 yrs later
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 53,209
  • Highest: 1 in 53,209 girls born in 1960 were named Lenita (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 367,423 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,739 in 1954, was only 1 in 55,483 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 22.2% of all girls named Lenita (262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s8#3,452 (1919)#3,452
1920s44#2,954 (1928)#4,417
1930s94#2,037 (1932)#2,740
1940s148#2,069 (1949)#2,507
1950s248#1,739 (1954)#2,197
1960s262#1,835 (1960)#2,443
1970s189#2,629 (1973)#3,642
1980s147#3,890 (1986)#5,116
1990s28#7,303 (1990)#11,489
2000s10#16,099 (2004)#16,697

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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