Girls' name · since 2001
Leniya
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 146 babies named Leniya, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leniya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 146 have been recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Leniya recorded 146 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 2001 to 2023.
- #23,052 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 146 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leniya ranks #23,052 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Leniya's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leniya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leniya's full recorded timeline at 2010, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leniya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2009)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Leniya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Leniya's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Leniya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leniya's data
- Leniya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (85 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Leniya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2001–2023 (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 Leniya 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.