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

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Peak · boys
1885 · 14 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,514
since 1880

Len over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Len has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #498, 1885boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#8,9878
2023#6,89712
2022#7,26211
2021#9,7147
2020#9,5547
2019#8,2159
2018#7,61710
2017#8,8408
2016#7,60510
2015#6,67612
2014#5,73315
2013#8,7898
2012#6,00114
2011#8,0799
2010#6,35913
2009#6,80212
2008#12,5535
2007#7,59010
2006#6,46012
2005#6,63411
2004#7,5369
2003#6,71510
2002#10,6675
2001#7,5368
2000#5,58812
1999#7,1398
1998#5,84010
1997#4,96012
1996#4,61313
1995#4,50813
1994#5,45210
1993#5,7719
1992#5,6609
1991#3,81315
1990#3,97114
1989#2,98920
1988#3,35015
1987#2,55921
1986#2,77918
1985#2,22624
1984#2,82416
1983#2,20823
1982#2,26922
1981#2,20423
1980#2,05826
1979#1,86729
1978#1,87027
1977#1,74330
1976#1,33344
1975#1,59332
1974#1,38838
1973#1,09355
1972#8,2925#1,10754
1971#96571
1970#7,9955#773114
1969#81789
1968#7,0165#80585
1967#84871
1966#86071
1965#83777
1964#4,35510#79290
1963#80389
1962#4,8658#78694
1961#5,3097#739109
1960#713121
1959#4,3009#78296
1958#5,4086#690119
1957#4,5368#77594
1956#5,3256#84079
1955#83677
1954#87670
1953#4,2268#81378
1952#4,4837#73392
1951#91958
1950#3,9628#83666
1949#5,2445#92356
1948#78376
1947#75383
1946#81265
1945#85054
1944#90649
1943#1,00644
1942#1,11937
1941#90549
1940#92947
1939#95443
1938#1,04338
1937#1,11934
1936#1,16932
1935#1,04038
1934#1,13334
1933#1,25128
1932#4,4115#1,07739
1931#1,10238
1930#1,17336
1929#1,23732
1928#1,18836
1927#1,56124
1926#1,37928
1925#1,36029
1924#1,49226
1923#1,32230
1922#1,28232
1921#1,26733
1920#1,04544
1919#1,26431
1918#1,19234
1917#1,15234
1916#1,17631
1915#1,24128
1914#1,34220
1913#1,07522
1912#91824
1911#1,2908
1910#1,04510
1909#89311
1908
1907#69914
1906#64014
1905#74111
1904#8109
1903#7839
1902#7949
1901
1900#83610
1899#8577
1898#8857
1897#9426
1896#59213
1895
1894#7878
1893#9076
1892#8617
1891
1890#60311
1889#8786
1888#64810
1887#6798
1886#8456
1885#49814
1884#61310
1883#59710
1882#6529
1881#53311
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #498 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1944–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,700
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 19.8% of all boys named Len (896) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s91#498 (1885)#669
1890s65#592 (1896)#804
1900s87#640 (1906)#775
1910s242#918 (1912)#1,170
1920s314#1,045 (1920)#1,313
1930s360#954 (1939)#1,106
1940s560#753 (1947)#899
1950s829#690 (1958)#810
1960s896#713 (1960)#800
1970s494#773 (1970)#1,373
1980s208#2,058 (1980)#2,547
1990s113#3,813 (1991)#5,173
2000s94#5,588 (2000)#7,808
2010s108#5,733 (2014)#7,391
2020s53#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

girls
#4,355
10 births · 1 in 189,486 girls
boys
#792
90 births · 1 in 22,141 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #4,355Len10

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #792Len90
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).

Ranked beside Len
  1. #4,096Yael11
  2. #4,096Young11
  3. #4,096Zenna11
  4. #4,355Len10
  5. #4,355Adel10
  6. #4,355Adelle10
  7. #4,355Adrien10
  8. #4,636Abra9
  9. #4,636Adelfa9
  10. #4,636Adraine9

Tied with 280 names at #4,355; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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).

Ranked beside Len
  1. #788Fritz91
  2. #788Karen91
  3. #788Lenard91
  4. #792Len90
  5. #792Collin90
  6. #792Isiah90
  7. #792Lars90
  8. #799Barrett89
  9. #799Burt89
  10. #799Duke89

Tied with 6 names at #792; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964