Girls' name · since 1917
Lenda
Lenda has 872 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 872
- born since 1917
- 1940s
- peak decade
Lenda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 872 have been recorded since 1917.
Lenda has 872 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1996.
- #8,251 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 872 born since 1917
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenda ranks #8,251 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 872 born since 1917, peaking in the 1940s.
- #8,251 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 872
- born since 1917
- 1940s
- peak decade
Lenda's 872 recorded births place it above 88.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Lenda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lenda's SSA record in two at 1954 and the more recent half accounts for 33% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 67%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1947 peak of 54, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1996
- Peak year (1947)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Lenda by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (373 births, 43% of the file).
1940s was Lenda's strongest decade.
373 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Lenda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 14
1920s
14 births
- 1930s 42
1930s
42 births
- 1940s
1940s
373 births
- 1950s
1950s
281 births
- 1960s 109
1960s
109 births
- 1970s 33
1970s
33 births
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 373 births (43% of all-time use).
How Lenda 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 Lenda's total volume
Lenda by state
Where Lenda concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 95 | 10.9% |
| #2 | California | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 11 | 1.3% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.6% |
95 of 872 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Lenda's decade-level peak was the 1940s (373 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Lendas (95 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 Lenda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1917–1996 (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 Lenda 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.