Girls' name · since 1961
Lenea
Lenea has 202 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
202 girls have been named Lenea since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lenea has 202 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2021.
- #19,718 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 202 born since 1961
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenea ranks #19,718 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 202 born since 1961, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,718 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lenea's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lenea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lenea's full recorded timeline at 1991, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lenea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2021
- Peak year (1984)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Lenea by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (65 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Lenea's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Lenea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 65 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lenea's data
- Lenea's decade-level peak was the 1980s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- 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 Lenea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1961–2021 (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 Lenea 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.