Lens — #13563 US boys' name
31 babies named Lens in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 5% of names given to boys today.
65% of everyone ever named Lens was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Lens in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lens
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Lens between 2014 and 2024, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lens currently holds the #13563 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lens performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lens shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lens 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 31 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.
Lens at a glance
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Current rank
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Lens popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2014
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
Currently ranks #13563 among boys.
31 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 8 births in a single year.
Lens by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 20 births that decade — 65% of Lens's all-time total
Lens decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Lens's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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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, 2014–2024 (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.