Lenox

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #1,352 for boys in 2025, 139 births
Given to boys 81.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,176
2023 · 174 births
Debut · boys
1912
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,104
since 1912

Lenox over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025peak #3,092, 2015girlsboysat peak
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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#5,72221#1,352139
2024#6,39418#1,556112
2023#4,27633#1,176174
2022#4,10835#1,186171
2021#3,55343#1,207160
2020#3,54642#1,215155
2019#4,07235#1,202159
2018#3,67741#1,506114
2017#3,84839#1,510110
2016#3,99637#1,70691
2015#3,09254#1,76786
2014#4,76829#1,82881
2013#6,46219#1,98969
2012#10,42910#2,55148
2011#10,37410#2,79842
2010#13,4487#2,87441
2009#11,4599#3,91926
2008#13,8327#5,24917
2007—#7,09411
2006—#5,30316
2005—#5,03416
2004—#6,97610
2003—#9,5816
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1999—#8,7046
1998—#8,4796
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Lenox! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Lenox is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedMINew York: #994 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 7,035 boysNYMassachusetts: #555 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,378 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedINOhio: #940 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,567 boysOHPennsylvania: #1,231 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,452 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,095 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #678 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,959 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedALGeorgia: #673 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,587 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Lenox, so not publishedHITexas: #1,483 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 14,588 boysTXFlorida: #1,056 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 7,961 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#555 · 1 in 3,378
  2. Georgia#673 · 1 in 3,587
  3. North Carolina#678 · 1 in 3,959
  4. Ohio#940 · 1 in 6,567
  5. New York#994 · 1 in 7,035

Best ever in a state: #435 in Connecticut, 2019.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#55581 in 3,378
Georgia#673141 in 3,587
North Carolina#678131 in 3,959
Ohio#94081 in 6,567
New York#994121 in 7,035
Florida#1,056121 in 7,961
Pennsylvania#1,23151 in 10,452
Texas#1,483121 in 14,588
California#2,47151 in 35,095
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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 Lenox
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 204 spots since 2024 (#1,556 → #1,352)
  • 137 spots since 2020 (#1,215 → #1,352)
  • 415 spots since 2015 (#1,767 → #1,352)
Rise & fade · boys
111 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2023 at #1,176 (174 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
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 9,831
  • Highest: 1 in 9,831 boys born in 2023 were named Lenox (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,288 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 43.3% of all boys named Lenox (911) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
  • Mostly girls until 2002, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s43#2,101 (1914)#2,979
1920s61#2,446 (1923)#3,406
1930s29#2,781 (1930)#3,069
1940s29#2,871 (1940)#3,292
1950s31#2,580 (1950)#3,457
1960s6#3,665 (1960)#3,665
1970s6#5,059 (1978)#5,059
1980s17#5,147 (1985)#6,438
1990s18#7,792 (1995)#8,325
2000s112#3,919 (2009)#6,184
2010s841#1,202 (2019)#1,973
2020s911#1,176 (2023)#1,282

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.

Lenox in 2025

girls
#5,722
21 births · 1 in 76,537 girls
boys
#1,352
139 births · 1 in 12,288 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #5,722Lenox21

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #1,352Lenox139
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 76,537 of them was named Lenox, which outranked 66.9% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Lenox
  1. #5,554Zenovia22
  2. #5,554Zuleyma22
  3. #5,554Zyalani22
  4. #5,722Lenox21
  5. #5,722Aaleyah21
  6. #5,722Aariya21
  7. #5,722Abbey21
  8. #5,917Adrianne20
  9. #5,917Ahmani20
  10. #5,917Aidel20

Tied with 194 names at #5,722; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,390Klarity#2,178 → #788
  2. ↑ 1,211Rynlee#1,966 → #755
  3. ↑ 963Ailanny#1,895 → #932
  4. ↑ 928Naylani#1,823 → #895
  5. ↑ 861Madisson#1,180 → #319
Fallers
  1. ↓ 353Aubrie#999 → #1,352
  2. ↓ 307Cattleya#904 → #1,211
  3. ↓ 272Jaycee#878 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 248Zendaya#938 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 233Novalee#742 → #975

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

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 12,288 of them was named Lenox, which outranked 90.3% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Lenox
  1. #1,347Kairos140
  2. #1,347Torin140
  3. #1,347Zeus140
  4. #1,352Lenox139
  5. #1,352Clifford139
  6. #1,352Davion139
  7. #1,352Haven139
  8. #1,358Bailey138
  9. #1,358Copeland138
  10. #1,358Shia138

Tied with 5 names at #1,352; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,096Kasai#1,735 → #639
  2. ↑ 1,089Akari#1,631 → #542
  3. ↑ 787Eziah#1,397 → #610
  4. ↑ 772Jasai#1,211 → #439
  5. ↑ 648Neithan#1,371 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 265Karim#819 → #1,084
  2. ↓ 235Khaza#961 → #1,196
  3. ↓ 231Landen#813 → #1,044
  4. ↓ 229Khai#947 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 227Seven#891 → #1,118

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

See the top 100 for 2025 →