Leen — #1768 US girls' name
1,657 babies named Leen in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Leen was born in this single decade.
114 babies were named Leen in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leen
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,657 babies named Leen between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leen currently holds the #1768 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 114 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 854 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Leen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 138 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Leen in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,657 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Leen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2024)
- 114
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #1768 among girls.
1,657 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 114 births in a single year.
Leen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 854 births that decade — 52% of Leen's all-time total
Leen decade highlights
- Peak decade 854 births
- Runner-up 489 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Leen's strongest decade
854 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Leen by state
Where Leen concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 138 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 124 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 117 | 7.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 108 | 6.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 81 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 50 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 39 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 33 | 2.0% |
138 of 1,657 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.3% of nationwide
- Texas 7.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 7.1% of nationwide
- New York 6.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Leen appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.