Len
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #8,292 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 97.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,514since 1880
Len over time
Rank among boys' names. Len has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,605 | 10 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,660 | 9 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,989 | 20 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,208 | 23 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,269 | 22 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,867 | 29 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,743 | 30 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,333 | 44 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,593 | 32 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,388 | 38 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,093 | 55 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,107 | 54 |
| 1971 | — | #965 | 71 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #773 | 114 |
| 1969 | — | #817 | 89 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #805 | 85 |
| 1967 | — | #848 | 71 | |
| 1966 | — | #860 | 71 | |
| 1965 | — | #837 | 77 | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #792 | 90 |
| 1963 | — | #803 | 89 | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #786 | 94 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #739 | 109 |
| 1960 | — | #713 | 121 | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #782 | 96 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #690 | 119 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #775 | 94 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #840 | 79 |
| 1955 | — | #836 | 77 | |
| 1954 | — | #876 | 70 | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #813 | 78 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #733 | 92 |
| 1951 | — | #919 | 58 | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #836 | 66 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #923 | 56 |
| 1948 | — | #783 | 76 | |
| 1947 | — | #753 | 83 | |
| 1946 | — | #812 | 65 | |
| 1945 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1944 | — | #906 | 49 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,006 | 44 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,119 | 37 | |
| 1941 | — | #905 | 49 | |
| 1940 | — | #929 | 47 | |
| 1939 | — | #954 | 43 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,043 | 38 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,119 | 34 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,169 | 32 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,040 | 38 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,133 | 34 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #1,077 | 39 |
| 1931 | — | #1,102 | 38 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,173 | 36 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,188 | 36 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,379 | 28 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,360 | 29 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,492 | 26 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,282 | 32 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,045 | 44 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,264 | 31 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,192 | 34 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,152 | 34 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,176 | 31 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,241 | 28 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,075 | 22 | |
| 1912 | — | #918 | 24 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #603 | 11 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Len was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Len
- 77 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #8,910)
- 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
- 2,234 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 372 spots in 1912 (#1,290 → #918)
- Biggest drop: 350 spots in 1897 (#592 → #942)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #498 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1944–1971
- Highest: 1 in 7,700 boys born in 1885 were named Len (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.8% of all boys named Len (896) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 91 | #498 (1885) | #669 |
| 1890s | 65 | #592 (1896) | #804 |
| 1900s | 87 | #640 (1906) | #775 |
| 1910s | 242 | #918 (1912) | #1,170 |
| 1920s | 314 | #1,045 (1920) | #1,313 |
| 1930s | 360 | #954 (1939) | #1,106 |
| 1940s | 560 | #753 (1947) | #899 |
| 1950s | 829 | #690 (1958) | #810 |
| 1960s | 896 | #713 (1960) | #800 |
| 1970s | 494 | #773 (1970) | #1,373 |
| 1980s | 208 | #2,058 (1980) | #2,547 |
| 1990s | 113 | #3,813 (1991) | #5,173 |
| 2000s | 94 | #5,588 (2000) | #7,808 |
| 2010s | 108 | #5,733 (2014) | #7,391 |
| 2020s | 53 | #6,897 (2023) | #8,554 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Len in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 334,617 of them was named Len, which outranked 22.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 26,776 of them was named Len, which outranked 81.1% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).