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 1964
Top girls' names in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
girls
1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 189,486 of them was named Len, which outranked 44.2% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,096Yael11
- #4,096Young11
- #4,096Zenna11
- #4,355Len10
- #4,355Adel10
- #4,355Adelle10
- #4,355Adrien10
- #4,636Abra9
- #4,636Adelfa9
- #4,636Adraine9
Tied with 280 names at #4,355; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 22,141 of them was named Len, which outranked 82.8% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #788Fritz91
- #788Karen91
- #788Lenard91
- #792Len90
- #792Collin90
- #792Isiah90
- #792Lars90
- #799Barrett89
- #799Burt89
- #799Duke89
Tied with 6 names at #792; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.