Lennis
Lennis was last recorded in 2013, when 5 babies were given it; 1,754 Americans have been recorded with it between 1898 and 2013 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lennis by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Lennis?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,270, in 2013; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
51 babies in 1947, the peak
Lennis peaked in 1947, when 51 babies were given it (32 boys, #1,312 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | under 5 | 5 | #13,270 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 5 | #13,418 | |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,824 | 8 | #8,009 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 5 | #10,179 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 5 | #9,043 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 6 | #7,519 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 5 | #8,015 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 6 | #6,386 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 9 | #4,539 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 7 | #5,317 |
Every recorded year (83)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | under 5 | 9 | #4,349 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 10 | #4,022 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 6 | #5,951 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 5 | #6,375 | |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,509 | 14 | #2,990 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 8 | #4,243 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 10 | #3,569 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 7 | #4,431 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 5 | #5,555 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 12 | #2,911 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 12 | #2,813 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 15 | #2,267 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 17 | #2,000 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 14 | #2,213 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 12 | #2,402 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 17 | #1,964 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 13 | #2,367 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 16 | #2,083 | |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,111 | 17 | #2,004 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 18 | #1,977 | |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,065 | 25 | #1,646 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,321 | 15 | #2,162 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,723 | 21 | #1,752 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,771 | 23 | #1,699 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,081 | 23 | #1,667 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,541 | 27 | #1,497 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,138 | 32 | #1,351 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,848 | 30 | #1,393 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,122 | 27 | #1,479 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,397 | 27 | #1,440 |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,156 | 22 | #1,594 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,090 | 23 | #1,566 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,064 | 33 | #1,269 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,317 | 32 | #1,312 |
| 1946 | 19 | #2,194 | 18 | #1,725 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,854 | 18 | #1,608 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,857 | 18 | #1,659 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,501 | 20 | #1,613 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,019 | 21 | #1,565 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,141 | 25 | #1,357 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,725 | 23 | #1,420 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,676 | 25 | #1,346 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,064 | 18 | #1,655 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,309 | 17 | #1,722 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,610 | 18 | #1,618 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,318 | 14 | #1,994 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,239 | 16 | #1,820 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,786 | 17 | #1,744 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,430 | 13 | #2,155 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,365 | 19 | #1,671 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,873 | 20 | #1,676 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,056 | 17 | #1,898 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,881 | 15 | #2,112 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,241 | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,305 | 25 | #1,498 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,528 | 12 | #2,523 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,892 | 9 | #3,147 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,538 | 17 | #1,987 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,853 | 16 | #2,106 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,556 | 18 | #1,950 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,206 | 14 | #2,290 |
| 1919 | 7 | #4,060 | 9 | #3,017 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,331 | 7 | #3,556 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,262 | 25 | #1,418 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,579 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,808 | 11 | #2,381 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,416 | 9 | #2,372 |
| 1912 | 9 | #2,059 | 7 | #2,154 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,341 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,093 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,700 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,239 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,219 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lennis a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,754 Americans recorded as Lennis, 31% are girls and 69% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lennis: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lennis, and how old are they?
An estimated 743 Americans named Lennis and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 59 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 963 people named Lennis (334 women and girls, 629 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 898 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 2,052 babies since 1880, Lennis is the most given (85% of them).
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 Lennis
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 Lennis and names like it
- Compare Lennis and LenisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sLennis peaked in 1947.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lennis since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Lennis.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lennis alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.