Lenton
- Last seen for boys in 1994 at #7,770
- Peak · boys
- 1936 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 657since 1913
Lenton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lenton 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 | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
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| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #1,706 | 20 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,332 | 10 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,313 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,695 | 21 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
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First appearance
1913
The first year at least five boys were named Lenton! It came in at #1,945, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Lenton is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Lenton in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1936 at #1,639 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 6 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 51,817
- Highest: 1 in 51,817 boys born in 1922 were named Lenton (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 322,005 boys born in 1994 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,639 in 1936, was only 1 in 61,012 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 20.5% of all boys named Lenton (135) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 64 | #1,945 (1913) | #2,717 |
| 1920s | 135 | #1,695 (1922) | #2,302 |
| 1930s | 110 | #1,639 (1936) | #2,328 |
| 1940s | 111 | #1,910 (1943) | #2,293 |
| 1950s | 104 | #1,706 (1954) | #2,641 |
| 1960s | 55 | #2,414 (1963) | #3,150 |
| 1970s | 35 | #3,963 (1971) | #4,787 |
| 1980s | 22 | #5,619 (1982) | #6,117 |
| 1990s | 21 | #5,660 (1992) | #6,869 |
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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