Lendon — #10996 US boys' name
584 babies named Lendon in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
18% of everyone ever named Lendon was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Lendon in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lendon
The Social Security Administration has registered 584 babies named Lendon between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lendon currently holds the #10996 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lendon performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lendon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lendon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lendon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 584 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lendon at a glance
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Current rank
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Lendon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (1939)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #10996 among boys.
584 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 15 births in a single year.
Lendon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 103 births that decade — 18% of Lendon's all-time total
Lendon decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Lendon's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Lendon by state
Where Lendon concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 584 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.