Girls' name · since 1979
Lenaya
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 301 babies named Lenaya, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,872 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,608 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 301
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lenaya currently ranks #13608 among girls' names in America, with 301 babies recorded since 1979.
Lenaya has 301 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13608 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #15,872 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,608 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 301 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenaya ranks #15,872 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,608 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 301 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,872 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,608 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 301
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lenaya's 301 recorded births place it above 78.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lenaya compares
301 45th percentile among 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
Lenaya's all-time total is 20% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lenaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 301 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lenaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lenaya's full recorded timeline at 2007, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lenaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Lenaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (101 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Lenaya's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Lenaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 101 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Lenaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lenaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Lenaya 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.