Lenka — girls' name
82 babies named Lenka in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
82 girls have been named Lenka since 1962, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 82
- total births
- 1962–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Lenka was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Lenka in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lenka
The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Lenka between 1962 and 2023, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lenka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lenka performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lenka shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lenka in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 82 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lenka at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lenka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1962
- Peak year (2018)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
82 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 10 births in a single year.
Lenka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 29 births that decade — 35% of Lenka's all-time total
Lenka decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lenka's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.