Lenard

Last seen for girls in 1928 at #3,743 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1932 · 188 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,997
since 1880

Lenard over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #410, 1932boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#7,76510
2023
2022#8,9908
2021#6,69812
2020#7,50210
2019#6,40613
2018#6,34513
2017#8,8408
2016#6,34913
2015#5,28917
2014#5,99714
2013#8,7898
2012#4,53321
2011#5,67515
2010#7,08711
2009#5,80015
2008#4,90119
2007#4,37522
2006#5,78114
2005#3,94123
2004#5,24615
2003#4,11420
2002#3,67023
2001#4,47617
2000#4,20418
1999#3,18225
1998#3,19124
1997#3,06424
1996#3,02124
1995#2,62628
1994#2,55629
1993#2,20935
1992#1,67751
1991#2,05236
1990#1,80943
1989#1,76643
1988#1,52548
1987#1,70939
1986#1,51144
1985#1,45246
1984#1,24055
1983#1,09566
1982#1,11567
1981#1,15463
1980#1,07071
1979#1,19358
1978#1,41043
1977#1,22152
1976#1,12357
1975#1,17052
1974#95373
1973#92576
1972#89480
1971#86988
1970#88184
1969#86179
1968#84474
1967#88566
1966#74798
1965#740100
1964#78891
1963#753106
1962#78694
1961#771100
1960#688130
1959#80191
1958#703113
1957#656136
1956#677124
1955#663121
1954#633135
1953#631128
1952#671107
1951#641122
1950#602129
1949#598130
1948#621119
1947#604126
1946#609112
1945#586106
1944#564117
1943#536137
1942#566118
1941#520130
1940#508129
1939#539112
1938#492139
1937#490136
1936#482137
1935#486136
1934#526123
1933#479137
1932#410188
1931#470145
1930#458167
1929#442179
1928#3,7437#428193
1927#433195
1926#444186
1925#420204
1924#434200
1923#427200
1922#431196
1921#453184
1920#418201
1919#440182
1918#515135
1917#484141
1916#524118
1915#539107
1914#53386
1913#57957
1912#53256
1911#47138
1910#49232
1909#55822
1908#54122
1907#41730
1906#43126
1905#43025
1904#68612
1903#41123
1902#49019
1901#53614
1900#53420
1899#52114
1898#63512
1897#55614
1896#59213
1895#43720
1894#56713
1893#7688
1892#7489
1891#6359
1890#8846
1889#62810
1888#1,0315
1887#6319
1886#6479
1885#46216
1884#61310
1883#7207
1882#54012
1881#46014
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lenard was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2023, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lenard
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4,243 spots since 2024 (#7,765#12,008)
  • 4,506 spots since 2020 (#7,502#12,008)
  • 6,719 spots since 2015 (#5,289#12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 403 spots in 1889 (#1,031#628)
  • Biggest drop: 400 spots in 1888 (#631#1,031)
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1932 at #410 (188 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1889–1974
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,894
  • Highest: 1 in 4,894 boys born in 1907 were named Lenard (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #410 in 1932, was only 1 in 5,554 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.4% of all boys named Lenard (1,938) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s100#460 (1881)#641
1890s118#437 (1895)#634
1900s213#411 (1903)#503
1910s952#440 (1919)#511
1920s1,938#418 (1920)#433
1930s1,420#410 (1932)#483
1940s1,224#508 (1940)#571
1950s1,206#602 (1950)#668
1960s938#688 (1960)#786
1970s663#869 (1971)#1,064
1980s542#1,070 (1980)#1,364
1990s319#1,677 (1992)#2,539
2000s186#3,670 (2002)#4,651
2010s133#4,533 (2012)#6,531
2020s45#6,698 (2021)#8,593

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.

Lenard in 1928

girls
#3,743
7 births · 1 in 164,760 girls
boys
#428
193 births · 1 in 5,739 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #3,743Lenard7

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #428Lenard193
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 164,760 of them was named Lenard, which outranked 31.2% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lenard
  1. #3,436Yoshiye8
  2. #3,436Zenia8
  3. #3,436Zilla8
  4. #3,743Lenard7
  5. #3,743Adalene7
  6. #3,743Addis7
  7. #3,743Adria7
  8. #4,195Ader6
  9. #4,195Adina6
  10. #4,195Agusta6

Tied with 451 names at #3,743; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 5,739 of them was named Lenard, which outranked 90.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lenard
  1. #425Randall196
  2. #426Carol195
  3. #427Enrique194
  4. #428Lenard193
  5. #428Arturo193
  6. #428Hal193
  7. #431Basil191
  8. #431Frankie191
  9. #433Al190

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928