Lenya — #13745 US girls' name
177 babies named Lenya in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
Lenya is currently the #13745 girls' name in America, more common than 22% of girls — 177 born since 1961, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13745
- among girls today
- 177
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 22%
- more common than other girls
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Lenya was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Lenya in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lenya
The Social Security Administration has registered 177 babies named Lenya between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lenya currently holds the #13745 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lenya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lenya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lenya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lenya 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 177 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.
Lenya at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Lenya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1961
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
Currently ranks #13745 among girls.
177 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 13 births in a single year.
Lenya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 79 births that decade — 45% of Lenya's all-time total
Lenya decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lenya's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Lenya by state
Where Lenya concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 177 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.8% 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, 1961–2024 (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.