Girls' name · since 1938
Leni
Leni has 1,935 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,804 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,174 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,935
- born since 1938
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leni currently ranks #1174 among girls' names in America, with 1,935 babies recorded since 1938.
Leni has 1,935 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1174 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 2025.
- #4,804 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,174 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,935 born since 1938
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leni ranks #4,804 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,174 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,935 born since 1938, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,804 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,174 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,935
- born since 1938
- 2020s
- peak decade
Leni's 1,935 recorded births place it above 93.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Leni compares
1,935 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leni's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,935 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 201 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Leni's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 84% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 16%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1939, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 201, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Leni popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 201
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Leni popularity over time - boys
27 total births recorded since 2007 (Leni as boys' name)
Leni by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (942 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Leni's strongest decade.
942 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Leni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 132
1940s
132 births
- 1950s 89
1950s
89 births
- 1960s 62
1960s
62 births
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 117
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
500 births
- 2020s
2020s
942 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 942 births (49% of all-time use).
How Leni compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leni's total volume
Leni by state
Where Leni concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 127 | 6.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 119 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 82 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 50 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Texas | | 39 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 38 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 36 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 33 | 1.7% |
127 of 1,935 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Leni appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Lenis (127 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~87 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, 1938–2025 (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 Leni 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.