Girls' name · since 1918
Lenia
Lenia has 152 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,081 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
152 babies have been named Lenia since 1918, making it today's #15081 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Lenia recorded 152 times among girls since 1918, holding rank #15081 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #22,645 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,081 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 152 born since 1918
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenia ranks #22,645 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,081 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 152 born since 1918, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,081 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lenia's 152 recorded births place it above 68.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lenia compares
152 32nd percentile among 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
Lenia's all-time total is 60% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lenia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 152 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lenia's full recorded timeline at 1994, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Lenia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (60 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Lenia's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Lenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 60 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lenia's data
- Lenia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Lenia 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.