Unisex name · since 1940
Lennell
Lennell has 128 recorded births since 1940 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,813 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 128
- born since 1940
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lennell sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 128 recorded since 1940.
Lennell has 128 recorded births among boys since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1940 to 1990.
- #15,813 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 128 born since 1940
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lennell ranks #15,813 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 1940, peaking in the 1960s.
- #15,813 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 128
- born since 1940
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lennell's 128 recorded births place it above 65.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lennell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lennell's SSA record in two at 1964 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1940, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lennell popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–1990
- Peak year (1962)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Lennell popularity over time - girls
15 total births recorded since 1922 (Lennell as girls' name)
Lennell by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (48 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Lennell's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Lennell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
22 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
48 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 48 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lennell's data
- Lennell's decade-level peak was the 1960s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Lennell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~50 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, 1940–1990 (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 Lennell 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.