Boys' name · since 1931
Lendel
38 babies named Lendel in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,132 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 38
- born since 1931
- 1930s
- peak decade
38 boys have been named Lendel since 1931, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lendel has 38 recorded births among boys since 1931, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1931 to 1960.
- #24,132 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 38 born since 1931
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lendel ranks #24,132 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1931, peaking in the 1930s.
- #24,132 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 38
- born since 1931
- 1930s
- peak decade
Lendel's 38 recorded births place it above 46.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lendel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lendel's full recorded timeline at 1940, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1931, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1940 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lendel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1960
- Peak year (1940)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Lendel by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (15 births, 39% of the file).
1930s was Lendel's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Lendel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
15 births
- 1940s
1940s
8 births
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 15 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Lendel's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lendel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1940)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1931–1960 (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 Lendel 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.