Unisex name · since 1880
Lennie
Lennie has 4,835 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,542 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,835
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
4,835 babies have been named Lennie since 1880, making it today's #2542 unisex name.
Lennie has 4,835 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2542 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,634 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,542 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,835 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lennie ranks #2,634 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,542 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,835 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #2,634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,542 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,835
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lennie's 4,835 recorded births place it above 96.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Lennie compares
4,835 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lennie's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lennie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,835 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 123 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lennie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lennie's full recorded timeline at 1943, 30% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 70% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 123 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lennie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1915)
- 123
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lennie popularity over time - boys
2,890 total births recorded since 1882 (Lennie as boys' name)
Lennie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (869 births, 18% of the file).
1910s was Lennie's strongest decade.
869 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Lennie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 234
1880s
234 births
- 1890s
1890s
417 births
- 1900s
1900s
511 births
- 1910s
1910s
869 births
- 1920s
1920s
746 births
- 1930s
1930s
489 births
- 1940s
1940s
476 births
- 1950s 341
1950s
341 births
- 1960s 178
1960s
178 births
- 1970s 138
1970s
138 births
- 1980s 60
1980s
60 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 94
2010s
94 births
- 2020s 260
2020s
260 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 869 births (18% of all-time use).
How Lennie 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 Lennie's total volume
Lennie by state
Where Lennie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 252 | 5.2% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 207 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 204 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 190 | 3.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 138 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 126 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 87 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 57 | 1.2% |
252 of 4,835 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Lennie appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lennie's data
- Lennie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (869 total births); usage has since declined to 260 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Lennies (252 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lennie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Lennie 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.