Lener — girls' name
87 babies named Lener in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Lener was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Lener in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lener
The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Lener between 1900 and 1933, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lener currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1933. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lener performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lener shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lener 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 87 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.
Lener at a glance
Last recorded 1933Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lener popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1900
- Peak year (1921)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1933.
87 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 10 births in a single year.
Lener by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 41 births that decade — 47% of Lener's all-time total
Lener decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lener's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1900–1933 (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.