Lennie

#2,542 for girls in 2025, 69 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 62.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 32 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,835
since 1880

Lennie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #349, 1884peak #673, 1889girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,54269#8,9108
2024#3,11951#10,9386
2023#2,64666—
2022#4,47231—
2021#5,57322#12,1465
2020#5,66721#12,0225
2019#6,69817#8,8898
2018#6,24819—
2017#5,82121#8,1409
2016#11,7818#12,1855
2015#10,14810#12,0865
2014#14,5586#8,1309
2013——
2012#14,9626#9,7097
2011—#10,8086
2010#13,4487#8,8038
2009—#8,3109
2008——
2007—#9,7887
2006——
2005—#10,1516
2004—#9,9486
2003——
2002#15,4325#8,4567
2001—#7,5368
2000—#9,1126
1999—#9,9125
1998—#7,5607
1997—#4,96012
1996—#7,9716
1995#13,3865#5,9289
1994—#5,10911
1993—#5,36010
1992#13,3175#5,23610
1991#10,2717#4,47612
1990—#7,1786
1989—#4,01713
1988#11,7985#3,35015
1987#11,3255#3,52113
1986#10,9125#2,89117
1985#7,5638#2,42721
1984#8,1537#2,29222
1983#8,0477#2,78716
1982—#2,97215
1981#5,25413#2,77916
1980#6,31910#2,16224
1979#6,6969#2,10424
1978#5,56311#2,13422
1977#5,88810#1,94825
1976#5,21511#1,57234
1975#3,95016#1,50535
1974#3,55818#1,18249
1973#3,78716#1,73626
1972#5,10910#1,56630
1971#2,95523#1,33040
1970#4,03814#1,41635
1969#3,77414#1,28038
1968#6,2466#1,16542
1967#3,34015#1,25336
1966#3,26615#1,00752
1965#2,41125#97657
1964#3,37915#90670
1963#3,06617#96161
1962#2,81419#95363
1961#2,47424#89074
1960#2,19628#87675
1959#2,28925#87576
1958#2,07329#85578
1957#1,68141#83582
1956#1,93131#95461
1955#2,10826#93364
1954#1,76934#1,08248
1953#1,67135#1,07446
1952#1,61136#1,09444
1951#1,46241#98451
1950#1,39643#1,23234
1949#1,30449#1,16337
1948#1,29850#93355
1947#1,41343#1,13641
1946#1,07163#1,01945
1945#1,14247#1,13933
1944#1,27239#1,37024
1943#1,18147#1,30828
1942#1,18045#1,49622
1941#1,04149#1,44622
1940#1,08844#1,33425
1939#1,22136#1,48920
1938#1,11142#1,22129
1937#1,09942#1,91314
1936#90956#1,38423
1935#1,00447#1,42223
1934#1,07942#1,86015
1933#86560#1,36124
1932#89162#1,77717
1931#1,09242#2,00314
1930#94160#2,29312
1929#93259#2,19913
1928#93663#1,64721
1927#99059#2,29813
1926#87372#2,07415
1925#86175#1,49325
1924#78889#1,72721
1923#99257#1,87418
1922#84575#1,47026
1921#692114#1,26733
1920#79183#1,45726
1919#72194#1,88217
1918#79680#1,53923
1917#69698#1,47923
1916#641111#2,04314
1915#586123#1,78216
1914#57796#1,77213
1913#58776#1,25617
1912#55577#1,52711
1911#51964#92513
1910#58450#85913
1909#59442#1,0209
1908#46261—
1907#47556—
1906#48650—
1905#46453#74111
1904#43056#8109
1903#45749#9107
1902#44549#1,1375
1901#45243—
1900#46852#1,1626
1899#49036#9286
1898#44846—
1897#53031#1,0575
1896#43444#9826
1895#38453#8727
1894#39949#7878
1893#45534#7688
1892#43438#9566
1891#35549—
1890#41237—
1889#47527#6739
1888#45829#7049
1887#36435#8196
1886#65712—
1885#38628#9365
1884#34932—
1883#43519#7996
1882#40720#8376
1881#36021—
1880#51811—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lennie was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Lennie is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedKSArkansas: #478 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,901 girlsARTennessee: #297 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,337 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #353 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,768 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #495 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,668 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #314 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,433 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedHITexas: #619 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,503 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lennie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#297 · 1 in 2,337
  2. Alabama#314 · 1 in 2,433
  3. North Carolina#353 · 1 in 3,768
  4. Arkansas#478 · 1 in 3,901
  5. Oklahoma#495 · 1 in 4,668

Best ever in a state: #157 in Mississippi, 1911.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#297111 in 2,337
Alabama#314111 in 2,433
North Carolina#35391 in 3,768
Arkansas#47851 in 3,901
Oklahoma#49551 in 4,668
Texas#61991 in 5,503
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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.

See more about Lennie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 577 spots since 2024 (#3,119 → #2,542)
  • 3,125 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #2,542)
  • 7,606 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #2,542)
  • Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1887 (#657 → #364)
  • Biggest drop: 271 spots in 1886 (#386 → #657)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #349 (32 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1880–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,785
  • Highest: 1 in 3,785 girls born in 1891 were named Lennie (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,294 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #349 in 1884, was only 1 in 4,032 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.0% of all girls named Lennie (869) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
  • Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s234#349 (1884)#441
1890s417#355 (1891)#434
1900s511#430 (1904)#473
1910s869#519 (1911)#626
1920s746#692 (1921)#870
1930s489#865 (1933)#1,021
1940s476#1,041 (1941)#1,199
1950s341#1,396 (1950)#1,799
1960s178#2,196 (1960)#3,297
1970s138#2,955 (1971)#4,676
1980s60#5,254 (1981)#8,671
1990s17#10,271 (1991)#12,325
2000s5#15,432 (2002)#15,432
2010s94#5,821 (2017)#10,458
2020s260#2,542 (2025)#4,003

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.

Lennie in 1918

girls
#796
80 births · 1 in 14,470 girls
boys
#1,539
23 births · 1 in 44,064 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #796Lennie80

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #1,539Lennie23
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 14,470 of them was named Lennie, which outranked 85.7% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lennie
  1. #791Gwen81
  2. #791Rosalia81
  3. #791Rozella81
  4. #796Lennie80
  5. #796Adelia80
  6. #796Diane80
  7. #796Hildred80
  8. #802Dorathy79
  9. #802Ethyl79
  10. #802Magdalena79

Tied with 5 names at #796; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
  2. ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
  3. ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
  4. ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Valentine#964 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 428Ottie#952 → #1,380
  3. ↓ 354Delora#923 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 318Georgene#896 → #1,214
  5. ↓ 299Clifford#904 → #1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 44,064 of them was named Lennie, which outranked 68.0% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lennie
  1. #1,499Vinton24
  2. #1,499Westley24
  3. #1,499Zeno24
  4. #1,539Lennie23
  5. #1,539Alfons23
  6. #1,539Amil23
  7. #1,539Amon23
  8. #1,596Albertus22
  9. #1,596Alston22
  10. #1,596Alvaro22

Tied with 56 names at #1,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. ↑ 600Quinton#1,092 → #492
  2. ↑ 542Pershing#876 → #334
  3. ↑ 480Quentin#723 → #243
  4. ↑ 440Issac#1,264 → #824
  5. ↑ 339Furman#1,092 → #753
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Bernhard#900 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 424Edson#919 → #1,343
  3. ↓ 394Gasper#919 → #1,313
  4. ↓ 352Berton#934 → #1,286
  5. ↓ 346Ishmael#997 → #1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918 →