Leneta — girls' name
15 babies named Leneta in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
15 girls have been named Leneta since 1917, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 1966.
- 15
- total births
- 1917–1966
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Leneta was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Leneta in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leneta
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Leneta between 1917 and 1966, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leneta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leneta performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leneta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leneta 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 15 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.
Leneta at a glance
Last recorded 1966Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leneta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1966.
15 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 5 births in a single year.
Leneta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 5 births that decade — 33% of Leneta's all-time total
Leneta decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Leneta's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1917–1966 (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.