Leno
- Last seen for girls in 1915 at #3,795
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to boys 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 656since 1909
Leno over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Leno 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
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| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
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| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
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| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,127 | 12 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,387 | 12 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,647 | 22 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,935 | 17 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,874 | 18 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,390 | 29 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,767 | 19 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,643 | 20 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | — | #1,260 | 22 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1909
The first year at least five boys were named Leno! It came in at #1,277, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Leno is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Leno in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Leno
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1914 at #1,260 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 27,333
- Highest: 1 in 27,333 boys born in 1909 were named Leno (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,260 in 1914, was only 1 in 29,762 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 29.0% of all boys named Leno (190) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,277 (1909) | #1,277 |
| 1910s | 137 | #1,260 (1914) | #1,685 |
| 1920s | 190 | #1,390 (1921) | #1,900 |
| 1930s | 61 | #2,127 (1935) | #2,758 |
| 1940s | 56 | #2,606 (1949) | #3,180 |
| 1950s | 27 | #2,663 (1959) | #3,375 |
| 1960s | 22 | #2,423 (1960) | #3,533 |
| 1970s | 11 | #4,907 (1971) | #4,921 |
| 1980s | 25 | #3,653 (1986) | #4,795 |
| 1990s | 12 | #7,271 (1991) | #7,621 |
| 2000s | 36 | #8,927 (2004) | #10,330 |
| 2010s | 45 | #8,146 (2016) | #10,500 |
| 2020s | 28 | #9,823 (2022) | #11,444 |
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.
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