Lenna
Lenna was given to 115 girls in 2025, #1,761 among girls’ names; 4,373 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,370 Americans named Lenna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 6 and 58.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lenna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lenna?
#1,761 among girls’ names, 2025
Lenna rose from #3,568 in 2015 to #1,761 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 24.6 to 71.6 per million.
131 babies in 2024, the peak
Lenna peaked in 2024, when 131 girls were given it, #1,605 among girls’ names. The 115 births of 2025 are 88% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 115 | #1,761 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 131 | #1,605 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,955 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 101 | #1,958 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,965 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 112 | #1,777 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,642 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,318 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,888 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,498 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 44 | #3,568 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,626 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,544 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 38 | #4,027 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,299 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,551 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,314 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,666 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,317 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 22 | #6,040 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,364 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,471 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,196 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,552 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,509 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,828 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,969 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,238 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,737 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,964 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,462 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,366 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,411 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,883 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,952 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,312 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,997 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,197 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,782 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,122 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,734 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,087 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 14 | #5,023 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,747 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,633 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,140 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,465 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,819 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,841 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,606 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,258 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,339 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,721 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,347 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,438 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,622 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,879 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 19 | #3,015 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,828 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,335 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,185 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,565 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,548 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,871 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 18 | #3,025 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,689 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,264 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,189 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,200 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,297 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,593 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,211 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,906 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,842 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,088 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,439 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,615 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,561 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,617 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,543 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,366 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,530 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,645 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,493 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,718 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,869 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,521 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,572 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,252 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,335 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,345 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,584 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,439 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,308 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,358 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,381 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,344 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,254 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 51 | #1,072 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 62 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 48 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 54 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 47 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 55 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 59 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,051 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 36 | #892 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 33 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 30 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 23 | #905 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 23 | #858 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 21 | #869 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 20 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 20 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1905 | 20 | #836 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 21 | #792 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 14 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 23 | #729 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 20 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 26 | #715 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 23 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 29 | #603 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 28 | #576 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 26 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 35 | #496 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 26 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 31 | #496 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 33 | #473 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 32 | #451 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 26 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1889 | 21 | #563 | 0.12 |
| 1888 | 26 | #495 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 29 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1886 | 20 | #498 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 25 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 19 | #470 | 0.15 |
| 1883 | 22 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1882 | 14 | #497 | 0.13 |
| 1881 | 13 | #478 | 0.14 |
| 1880 | 23 | #337 | 0.25 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lenna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lenna has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lenna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lenna, and how old are they?
2,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 54% of the 4,373 Americans ever recorded as Lenna. The median Lenna alive today is 19 years old; half are between 6 and 58.
The 2020 Census counted 2,049 people named Lenna (2,047 women and girls, 2 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,907 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 147 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 382 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 251 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 220 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 337 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,030 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lenna born?
The states with the most babies named Lenna are California, Minnesota and New York, with 47% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8 | #2,401 | 0.5× |
| Minnesota | 8 | #633 | 0.6× |
| New York | 6 | #1,960 | 0.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,521 | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,589 | 0.3× |
| Utah | 5 | #772 | 0.8× |
| Washington | 5 | #1,165 | 0.3× |
| Colorado | 5 | #994 | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lenna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Lenna?
Lenna is a less common spelling of Lena: SSA has recorded 4,373 Lenna and 146,805 Lena since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 340,518 babies since 1880, Lenna is the eighth most given (1.3% of them). In 2025 it was given to 115 of their 2,635 babies (4.4%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lenna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lenna and names like it
- Compare Lenna and LenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLenna peaked in 2024.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lenna since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Lenna.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lenna alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.