Girls' name · since 1950
Lender
27 babies named Lender in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Lender since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Lender recorded 27 times among girls since 1950, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1960.
- #42,314 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1950
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lender ranks #42,314 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1950, peaking in the 1950s.
- #42,314 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lender's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lender's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lender's full recorded timeline at 1956, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1950 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lender popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1960
- Peak year (1950)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Lender by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (22 births, 81% of the file).
1950s was Lender's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Lender births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 22 births (81% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lender's data
- Lender's decade-level peak was the 1950s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- 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 Lender: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1950–1960 (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 Lender 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.