Lenon — boys' name
518 babies named Lenon in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1932. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
20% of everyone ever named Lenon was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Lenon in 1932 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lenon
The Social Security Administration has registered 518 babies named Lenon between 1903 and 2019, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lenon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lenon performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lenon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Lenon in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lenon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 518 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lenon at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lenon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1903
- Peak year (1932)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 117 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
518 total births across 117 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1932 with 17 births in a single year.
Lenon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 104 births that decade — 20% of Lenon's all-time total
Lenon decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lenon's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Lenon by state
Where Lenon concentrates geographically — total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 15 | 2.9% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.0% |
15 of 518 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 2.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1903–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.