Lenwood — boys' name
2,423 babies named Lenwood in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Lenwood was born in this single decade.
60 babies were named Lenwood in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lenwood
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,423 babies named Lenwood between 1892 and 2004, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lenwood currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 60 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lenwood performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 422 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lenwood shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 579 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Lenwood in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lenwood 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 2,423 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.
Lenwood at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lenwood popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1892
- Peak year (1949)
- 60
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
2,423 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 60 births in a single year.
Lenwood by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 422 births that decade — 17% of Lenwood's all-time total
Lenwood decade highlights
- Peak decade 422 births
- Runner-up 416 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Lenwood's strongest decade
422 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Lenwood by state
Where Lenwood concentrates geographically — total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 579 | 23.9% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 248 | 10.2% |
| #3 | South Carolina | | 52 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 49 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 13 | 0.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #7 | New York | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
579 of 2,423 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 23.9% of nationwide
- Virginia 10.2% of nationwide
- South Carolina 2.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 23.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Lenwood appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1892–2004 (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.