Girls' name · since 2001
Greenlee
842 babies named Greenlee in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,652 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 842
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
842 babies have been named Greenlee since 2001, making it today's #8652 girls' name.
Greenlee has 842 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8652 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #8,460 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,652 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 842 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Greenlee ranks #8,460 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,652 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 842 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,460 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,652 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 842
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Greenlee's 842 recorded births place it above 88.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Greenlee compares
842 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Greenlee's all-time total is 124% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Greenlee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 842 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 21 | 19,840 |
Greenlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Greenlee splits its recorded history at 2013: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 57 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Greenlee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Greenlee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (424 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Greenlee's strongest decade.
424 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Greenlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
332 births
- 2010s
2010s
424 births
- 2020s 86
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 424 births (50% of all-time use).
How Greenlee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Greenlee's total volume
Greenlee by state
Where Greenlee concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 85 | 10.1% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #3 | California | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.6% |
85 of 842 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Greenlee's data
- Greenlee's decade-level peak was the 2010s (424 total births); usage has since declined to 86 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Greenlees (85 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Greenlee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Greenlee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.