Girls' name · since 1948
Lenise
Lenise has 843 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 843
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
843 girls have been named Lenise since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lenise has 843 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2022.
- #8,456 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 843 born since 1948
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenise ranks #8,456 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 843 born since 1948, peaking in the 1960s.
- #8,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 843
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lenise's 843 recorded births place it above 88.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Lenise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lenise's full recorded timeline at 1982, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1954 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lenise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2022
- Peak year (1954)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Lenise by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (185 births, 22% of the file).
1960s was Lenise's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Lenise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
133 births
- 1960s
1960s
185 births
- 1970s
1970s
147 births
- 1980s
1980s
142 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s 43
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 185 births (22% of all-time use).
How Lenise 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 Lenise's total volume
Lenise by state
Where Lenise concentrates geographically, total births since 1948
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What to do with Lenise's data
- Lenise's decade-level peak was the 1960s (185 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lenises (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lenise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1948–2022 (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 Lenise 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.