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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1932 · 188 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,997since 1880
Lenard over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lenard 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 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,289 | 17 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,533 | 21 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,675 | 15 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,901 | 19 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,375 | 22 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,670 | 23 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,182 | 25 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,064 | 24 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,021 | 24 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,626 | 28 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,556 | 29 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,209 | 35 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,677 | 51 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,052 | 36 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,809 | 43 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,766 | 43 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,525 | 48 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,709 | 39 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,511 | 44 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,452 | 46 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,240 | 55 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,095 | 66 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,115 | 67 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,154 | 63 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,070 | 71 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,193 | 58 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,410 | 43 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,221 | 52 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,123 | 57 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,170 | 52 | |
| 1974 | — | #953 | 73 | |
| 1973 | — | #925 | 76 | |
| 1972 | — | #894 | 80 | |
| 1971 | — | #869 | 88 | |
| 1970 | — | #881 | 84 | |
| 1969 | — | #861 | 79 | |
| 1968 | — | #844 | 74 | |
| 1967 | — | #885 | 66 | |
| 1966 | — | #747 | 98 | |
| 1965 | — | #740 | 100 | |
| 1964 | — | #788 | 91 | |
| 1963 | — | #753 | 106 | |
| 1962 | — | #786 | 94 | |
| 1961 | — | #771 | 100 | |
| 1960 | — | #688 | 130 | |
| 1959 | — | #801 | 91 | |
| 1958 | — | #703 | 113 | |
| 1957 | — | #656 | 136 | |
| 1956 | — | #677 | 124 | |
| 1955 | — | #663 | 121 | |
| 1954 | — | #633 | 135 | |
| 1953 | — | #631 | 128 | |
| 1952 | — | #671 | 107 | |
| 1951 | — | #641 | 122 | |
| 1950 | — | #602 | 129 | |
| 1949 | — | #598 | 130 | |
| 1948 | — | #621 | 119 | |
| 1947 | — | #604 | 126 | |
| 1946 | — | #609 | 112 | |
| 1945 | — | #586 | 106 | |
| 1944 | — | #564 | 117 | |
| 1943 | — | #536 | 137 | |
| 1942 | — | #566 | 118 | |
| 1941 | — | #520 | 130 | |
| 1940 | — | #508 | 129 | |
| 1939 | — | #539 | 112 | |
| 1938 | — | #492 | 139 | |
| 1937 | — | #490 | 136 | |
| 1936 | — | #482 | 137 | |
| 1935 | — | #486 | 136 | |
| 1934 | — | #526 | 123 | |
| 1933 | — | #479 | 137 | |
| 1932 | — | #410 | 188 | |
| 1931 | — | #470 | 145 | |
| 1930 | — | #458 | 167 | |
| 1929 | — | #442 | 179 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #428 | 193 |
| 1927 | — | #433 | 195 | |
| 1926 | — | #444 | 186 | |
| 1925 | — | #420 | 204 | |
| 1924 | — | #434 | 200 | |
| 1923 | — | #427 | 200 | |
| 1922 | — | #431 | 196 | |
| 1921 | — | #453 | 184 | |
| 1920 | — | #418 | 201 | |
| 1919 | — | #440 | 182 | |
| 1918 | — | #515 | 135 | |
| 1917 | — | #484 | 141 | |
| 1916 | — | #524 | 118 | |
| 1915 | — | #539 | 107 | |
| 1914 | — | #533 | 86 | |
| 1913 | — | #579 | 57 | |
| 1912 | — | #532 | 56 | |
| 1911 | — | #471 | 38 | |
| 1910 | — | #492 | 32 | |
| 1909 | — | #558 | 22 | |
| 1908 | — | #541 | 22 | |
| 1907 | — | #417 | 30 | |
| 1906 | — | #431 | 26 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #490 | 19 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #534 | 20 | |
| 1899 | — | #521 | 14 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #437 | 20 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #462 | 16 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #460 | 14 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 100 | #460 (1881) | #641 |
| 1890s | 118 | #437 (1895) | #634 |
| 1900s | 213 | #411 (1903) | #503 |
| 1910s | 952 | #440 (1919) | #511 |
| 1920s | 1,938 | #418 (1920) | #433 |
| 1930s | 1,420 | #410 (1932) | #483 |
| 1940s | 1,224 | #508 (1940) | #571 |
| 1950s | 1,206 | #602 (1950) | #668 |
| 1960s | 938 | #688 (1960) | #786 |
| 1970s | 663 | #869 (1971) | #1,064 |
| 1980s | 542 | #1,070 (1980) | #1,364 |
| 1990s | 319 | #1,677 (1992) | #2,539 |
| 2000s | 186 | #3,670 (2002) | #4,651 |
| 2010s | 133 | #4,533 (2012) | #6,531 |
| 2020s | 45 | #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 1974
boys
#953
73 births · 1 in 21,539 boys
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 21,539 of them was named Lenard, which outranked 84.1% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).