Unisex name · since 1980
Lerin
195 babies named Lerin in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,078 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
195 girls have been named Lerin since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lerin has 195 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1996.
- #20,078 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 195 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lerin ranks #20,078 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 195 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,078 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 195
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lerin's 195 recorded births place it above 72.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lerin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lerin's full recorded timeline at 1985, 31% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 69% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 35 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lerin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1996
- Peak year (1980)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Lerin popularity over time - boys
29 total births recorded since 1979 (Lerin as boys' name)
Lerin by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (183 births, 94% of the file).
1980s was Lerin's strongest decade.
183 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 94% of all-time use.
Lerin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
183 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 183 births (94% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lerin's data
- Lerin's decade-level peak was the 1980s (183 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lerin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1980–1996 (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 Lerin 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.