Unisex name · since 1981
Lennon
Lennon has 12,576 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #214 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,576
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
12,576 babies have been named Lennon since 1981, making it today's #214 unisex name.
Lennon has 12,576 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #214 as of the latest data, more common than 99% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #1,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #214 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,576 born since 1981
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lennon ranks #1,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #214 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,576 born since 1981, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #214 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,576
- born since 1981
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lennon's 12,576 recorded births place it above 97.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lennon compares
12,576 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Lennon's all-time total is 33x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lennon | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,576 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,421 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lennon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lennon's full recorded timeline at 2008, 98% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 2% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,421 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lennon popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,421
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Lennon popularity over time - boys
8,003 total births recorded since 1913 (Lennon as boys' name)
Lennon by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7,673 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Lennon's strongest decade.
7,673 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Lennon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 53
1990s
53 births
- 2000s 333
2000s
333 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,506 births
- 2020s
2020s
7,673 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7,673 births (61% of all-time use).
How Lennon 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 Lennon's total volume
Lennon by state
Where Lennon concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 862 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 737 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 589 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 563 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 517 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 456 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 449 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 443 | 3.5% |
862 of 12,576 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Lennon appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Lennons (862 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lennon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Lennon 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.