Leny — boys' name
70 babies named Leny in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
70 boys have been named Leny since 2003, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2022.
- 70
- total births
- 2003–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Leny was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Leny in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leny
The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Leny between 2003 and 2022, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Leny currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Leny is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 33 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leny performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Leny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leny 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 70 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.
Leny at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Leny popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2003
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
70 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 8 births in a single year.
Leny popularity over time — girls
33 total births recorded since 1990 (Leny as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Leny accounts for 32% of total recorded use across both genders.
Leny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 40 births that decade — 57% of Leny's all-time total
Leny decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Leny's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 2003–2022 (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.