Girls' name · since 1899
Lenice
Lenice has 517 recorded births since 1899 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1928 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 517
- born since 1899
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lenice is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 517 have been recorded since 1899.
Lenice has 517 recorded births among girls since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 1995.
- #11,605 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 517 born since 1899
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenice ranks #11,605 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 517 born since 1899, peaking in the 1950s.
- #11,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 517
- born since 1899
- 1950s
- peak decade
Lenice's 517 recorded births place it above 83.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lenice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lenice's full recorded timeline at 1948, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1899, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1928 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lenice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–1995
- Peak year (1928)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Lenice by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (91 births, 18% of the file).
1950s was Lenice's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Lenice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
65 births
- 1920s
1920s
75 births
- 1930s
1930s
59 births
- 1940s
1940s
54 births
- 1950s
1950s
91 births
- 1960s
1960s
73 births
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 91 births (18% of all-time use).
How Lenice 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 Lenice's total volume
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What to do with Lenice's data
- Lenice's decade-level peak was the 1950s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 1990s -- 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 Lenice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~96 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, 1899–1995 (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 Lenice 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.