Leni — #1244 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leni

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,738 babies named Leni between 1938 and 2024, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leni currently holds the #1244 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 201 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leni performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 745 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Leni shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Leni in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leni 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 1,738 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.