Girls' name · since 1952
Lenee
480 babies named Lenee in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 480
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lenee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 480 recorded since 1952.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenee has been recorded 480 times among girls since 1952, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2012.
- #12,160 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 480 born since 1952
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenee ranks #12,160 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 480 born since 1952, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 480
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lenee's 480 recorded births place it above 83.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Lenee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lenee splits its recorded history at 1978: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1967 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lenee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2012
- Peak year (1967)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Lenee by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (131 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Lenee's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Lenee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 40
1950s
40 births
- 1960s
1960s
117 births
- 1970s
1970s
98 births
- 1980s
1980s
131 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 131 births (27% of all-time use).
Lenee by state
Where Lenee concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 3.1% |
15 of 480 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lenee's data
- Lenee's decade-level peak was the 1980s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lenees (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lenee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
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, 1952–2012 (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 Lenee 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.