Girls' name · since 1961
Lenya
Lenya has 177 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,078 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lenya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 177 have been recorded since 1961.
Lenya has 177 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2024.
- #21,078 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 177 born since 1961
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenya ranks #21,078 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 177 born since 1961, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,078 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 177
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lenya's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Lenya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lenya's full recorded timeline at 2014, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lenya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2024
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Lenya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Lenya's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Lenya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (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.
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- Lenya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Lenyas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lenya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lenya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.