Girls' name · since 1921
Lenelle
Since 1921, U.S. Social Security records show 45 babies named Lenelle, peaking in 1966. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1921
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lenelle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 45 recorded since 1921.
Lenelle has 45 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1981.
- #36,225 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 45 born since 1921
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenelle ranks #36,225 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1921, peaking in the 1950s.
- #36,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 45
- born since 1921
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lenelle's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lenelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lenelle splits its recorded history at 1958: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1966 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lenelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1981
- Peak year (1966)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Lenelle by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (15 births, 33% of the file).
1950s was Lenelle's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Lenelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
15 births
- 1960s
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 15 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Lenelle's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 1980s (6) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lenelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
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, 1921–1981 (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 Lenelle 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.