Lenzy — boys' name
467 babies named Lenzy in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Lenzy was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Lenzy in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lenzy
The Social Security Administration has registered 467 babies named Lenzy between 1882 and 1992, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lenzy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Lenzy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 54 additional births since 1983.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lenzy performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lenzy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Lenzy in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lenzy 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 467 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.
Lenzy at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lenzy popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1882
- Peak year (1917)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
467 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 15 births in a single year.
Lenzy popularity over time — girls
54 total births recorded since 1983 (Lenzy as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Lenzy accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lenzy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 102 births that decade — 22% of Lenzy's all-time total
Lenzy decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lenzy's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Lenzy by state
Where Lenzy concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 7 | 1.5% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 6 | 1.3% |
7 of 467 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.5% of nationwide
- Mississippi 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.5% 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, 1882–1992 (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.