Girls' name · since 1999
Lenah
184 babies named Lenah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
184 girls have been named Lenah since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lenah has 184 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1999 to 2021.
- #20,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 184 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenah ranks #20,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 184 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lenah's 184 recorded births place it above 71.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lenah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lenah's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lenah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2021
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Lenah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (93 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Lenah's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Lenah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 93 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Lenah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Lenah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1999–2021 (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 Lenah 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.