Lenny
#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · #1,418 for boys in 2025, 128 births
Given to boys 91.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 199 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,299since 1914
Lenny 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 | #2,778 | 61 | #1,418 | 128 |
| 2024 | #2,930 | 56 | #1,371 | 137 |
| 2023 | #3,225 | 50 | #1,390 | 133 |
| 2022 | #3,595 | 43 | #1,479 | 122 |
| 2021 | #3,614 | 42 | #1,546 | 113 |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | #1,655 | 96 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #1,582 | 105 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 | #1,679 | 94 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | #1,644 | 96 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #1,421 | 122 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | #1,141 | 165 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #1,619 | 96 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #1,433 | 115 |
| 2012 | — | #1,398 | 119 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,244 | 139 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #1,228 | 144 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #1,618 | 98 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #1,565 | 102 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #1,576 | 99 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #1,467 | 104 |
| 2005 | — | #1,573 | 88 | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,604 | 81 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #1,936 | 60 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #1,529 | 81 |
| 2001 | — | #1,763 | 64 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,768 | 62 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,995 | 48 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #1,768 | 57 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #1,682 | 53 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,633 | 56 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #1,512 | 61 |
| 1992 | — | #1,884 | 43 | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,443 | 62 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #1,530 | 55 |
| 1989 | — | #1,537 | 53 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,525 | 48 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,248 | 61 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,161 | 66 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #1,333 | 52 |
| 1984 | — | #1,458 | 43 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,040 | 72 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #903 | 98 |
| 1981 | — | #1,037 | 77 | |
| 1980 | — | #911 | 95 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #740 | 136 |
| 1978 | — | #774 | 118 | |
| 1977 | — | #746 | 130 | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #706 | 139 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #700 | 141 |
| 1974 | — | #841 | 91 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #839 | 90 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #766 | 108 |
| 1971 | — | #742 | 121 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #759 | 118 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #727 | 115 |
| 1968 | — | #693 | 119 | |
| 1967 | — | #685 | 118 | |
| 1966 | — | #644 | 132 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #649 | 132 |
| 1964 | — | #629 | 152 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #598 | 173 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #586 | 177 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #555 | 199 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #560 | 197 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #604 | 164 |
| 1958 | — | #622 | 153 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #613 | 157 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #703 | 111 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #763 | 91 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #754 | 89 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #852 | 71 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #896 | 62 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #1,040 | 47 |
| 1950 | — | #989 | 49 | |
| 1949 | — | #899 | 59 | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #774 | 77 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #839 | 68 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #799 | 69 |
| 1945 | — | #837 | 56 | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #935 | 47 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | — | #1,228 | 32 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,300 | 26 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,107 | 35 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,425 | 22 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,022 | 13 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
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| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Lenny! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lenny is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#628 · 1 in 4,285
- Virginia#669 · 1 in 4,713
- New Jersey#777 · 1 in 5,941
- Louisiana#808 · 1 in 5,096
- California#844 · 1 in 7,803
Best ever in a state: #206 in South Dakota, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #628 | 24 | 1 in 4,285 |
| Virginia | #669 | 9 | 1 in 4,713 |
| New Jersey | #777 | 7 | 1 in 5,941 |
| Louisiana | #808 | 5 | 1 in 5,096 |
| California | #844 | 29 | 1 in 7,803 |
| North Carolina | #891 | 7 | 1 in 7,430 |
| Florida | #911 | 13 | 1 in 7,565 |
| Georgia | #1,096 | 6 | 1 in 9,158 |
| Texas | #1,150 | 16 | 1 in 11,755 |
| Illinois | #1,185 | 6 | 1 in 11,065 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Lenny
- 47 spots since 2024 (#1,371 → #1,418)
- 237 spots since 2020 (#1,655 → #1,418)
- 277 spots since 2015 (#1,141 → #1,418)
- Biggest jump: 144 spots in 1952 (#1,040 → #896)
- Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1980 (#740 → #911)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1961 at #555 (199 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1952–1980
- Highest: 1 in 10,674 boys born in 1961 were named Lenny (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,344 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 18.2% of all boys named Lenny (1,514) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,115 (1919) | #3,190 |
| 1920s | 41 | #3,155 (1925) | #3,520 |
| 1930s | 111 | #1,425 (1939) | #2,127 |
| 1940s | 511 | #774 (1948) | #976 |
| 1950s | 994 | #604 (1959) | #784 |
| 1960s | 1,514 | #555 (1961) | #633 |
| 1970s | 1,192 | #700 (1975) | #761 |
| 1980s | 665 | #903 (1982) | #1,215 |
| 1990s | 495 | #1,443 (1991) | #1,865 |
| 2000s | 839 | #1,467 (2006) | #1,640 |
| 2010s | 1,195 | #1,141 (2015) | #1,439 |
| 2020s | 729 | #1,371 (2024) | #1,477 |
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.
Lenny in 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 137,315 of them was named Lenny, which outranked 55.8% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,008Zully14
- #8,008Zylee14
- #8,008Zyniah14
- #8,447Lenny13
- #8,447Abena13
- #8,447Abisai13
- #8,447Adabella13
- #8,931Aahna12
- #8,931Aaima12
- #8,931Aalijah12
Tied with 483 names at #8,447; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 11,617 of them was named Lenny, which outranked 91.9% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,134Vladimir167
- #1,139Jarrett166
- #1,139Stephan166
- #1,141Lenny165
- #1,141Corban165
- #1,141Glenn165
- #1,141Kennedy165
- #1,148Carsen164
- #1,148Cristobal164
- #1,148Deklan164
Tied with 6 names at #1,141; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.