Lenward — boys' name
352 babies named Lenward in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Lenward was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Lenward in 1935 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lenward
The Social Security Administration has registered 352 babies named Lenward between 1915 and 1982, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lenward currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lenward performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Lenward shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lenward in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lenward 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 352 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.
Lenward at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lenward popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1915
- Peak year (1935)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
352 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1935 with 15 births in a single year.
Lenward by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 77 births that decade — 22% of Lenward's all-time total
Lenward decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Lenward's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Lenward by state
Where Lenward concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.7% |
6 of 352 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 1.7% 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, 1915–1982 (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.