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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Len has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | |
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
| 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 1965
boys
#837
77 births · 1 in 24,158 boys
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 24,158 of them was named Len, which outranked 81.1% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).