Lenita
- Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,178since 1919
Lenita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lenita 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
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| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
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| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 |
| 1960 | #1,835 | 38 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #2,199 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #3,452 (1919) | #3,452 |
| 1920s | 44 | #2,954 (1928) | #4,417 |
| 1930s | 94 | #2,037 (1932) | #2,740 |
| 1940s | 148 | #2,069 (1949) | #2,507 |
| 1950s | 248 | #1,739 (1954) | #2,197 |
| 1960s | 262 | #1,835 (1960) | #2,443 |
| 1970s | 189 | #2,629 (1973) | #3,642 |
| 1980s | 147 | #3,890 (1986) | #5,116 |
| 1990s | 28 | #7,303 (1990) | #11,489 |
| 2000s | 10 | #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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