Lennis
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352 · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to boys 69.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,217since 1912
Lennis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 | #1,297 | 32 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
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| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Lennis! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lennis is popular in 1947
No state had 5 or more boys named Lennis in 1947, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lennis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1948 at #1,256 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 37,019 boys born in 1917 were named Lennis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,316 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,256 in 1948, was only 1 in 53,170 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.3% of all boys named Lennis (247) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1946, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 80 | #1,396 (1917) | #2,361 |
| 1920s | 159 | #1,466 (1926) | #2,097 |
| 1930s | 177 | #1,323 (1939) | #1,702 |
| 1940s | 231 | #1,256 (1948) | #1,484 |
| 1950s | 247 | #1,333 (1954) | #1,581 |
| 1960s | 164 | #1,619 (1960) | #2,045 |
| 1970s | 73 | #2,739 (1970) | #3,871 |
| 1980s | 58 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,371 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,751 |
| 2000s | 8 | #7,536 (2001) | #7,536 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,136 (2013) | #12,205 |
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.
Lennis in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 93,303 of them was named Lennis, which outranked 62.7% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,200Valencia20
- #2,200Vanetta20
- #2,200Verdie20
- #2,279Lennis19
- #2,279Alan19
- #2,279Alejandra19
- #2,279Alfreida19
- #2,354Adelita18
- #2,354Alba18
- #2,354Arbutus18
Tied with 74 names at #2,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 57,175 of them was named Lennis, which outranked 69.6% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,271Verlon33
- #1,271Vinson33
- #1,271Vivian33
- #1,297Lennis32
- #1,297Allie32
- #1,297Barrett32
- #1,297Bryon32
- #1,316Alfonza31
- #1,316Anastacio31
- #1,316Ardell31
Tied with 18 names at #1,297; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.