Girls' name · since 1900
Lener
Since 1900, U.S. Social Security records show 87 babies named Lener, peaking in 1921. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lener is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 87 have been recorded since 1900.
Lener has 87 recorded births among girls since 1900, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1933.
- #28,710 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 87 born since 1900
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lener ranks #28,710 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1900, peaking in the 1920s.
- #28,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1900
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lener's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lener's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lener's full recorded timeline at 1919, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1900, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lener popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1933
- Peak year (1921)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Lener by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (41 births, 47% of the file).
1920s was Lener's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Lener births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
36 births
- 1920s
1920s
41 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 41 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Lener's decade-level peak was the 1920s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lener: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1900–1933 (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 Lener 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.