Lenton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lenton

The Social Security Administration has registered 657 babies named Lenton between 1913 and 1994, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lenton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lenton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Lenton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Lenton in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lenton 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 657 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.