Lennie
#2,542 for girls in 2025, 69 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 62.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 32 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,835since 1880
Lennie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #2,542 | 69 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #2,646 | 66 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #2,162 | 24 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #1,572 | 34 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #1,505 | 35 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #1,182 | 49 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #1,566 | 30 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #1,330 | 40 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #1,416 | 35 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #1,280 | 38 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,165 | 42 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #1,253 | 36 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #1,007 | 52 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | #976 | 57 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #906 | 70 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | #961 | 61 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | #953 | 63 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 | #890 | 74 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | #876 | 75 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #875 | 76 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 | #855 | 78 |
| 1957 | #1,681 | 41 | #835 | 82 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | #954 | 61 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 | #933 | 64 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 | #1,082 | 48 |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 | #1,074 | 46 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 | #1,094 | 44 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 | #984 | 51 |
| 1950 | #1,396 | 43 | #1,232 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,304 | 49 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,298 | 50 | #933 | 55 |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 | #1,136 | 41 |
| 1946 | #1,071 | 63 | #1,019 | 45 |
| 1945 | #1,142 | 47 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,181 | 47 | #1,308 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,180 | 45 | #1,496 | 22 |
| 1941 | #1,041 | 49 | #1,446 | 22 |
| 1940 | #1,088 | 44 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,221 | 36 | #1,489 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,111 | 42 | #1,221 | 29 |
| 1937 | #1,099 | 42 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #909 | 56 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,004 | 47 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,079 | 42 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #865 | 60 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #891 | 62 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #1,092 | 42 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #941 | 60 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #932 | 59 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #936 | 63 | #1,647 | 21 |
| 1927 | #990 | 59 | #2,298 | 13 |
| 1926 | #873 | 72 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #861 | 75 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #788 | 89 | #1,727 | 21 |
| 1923 | #992 | 57 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #845 | 75 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1921 | #692 | 114 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1920 | #791 | 83 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #721 | 94 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #796 | 80 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #696 | 98 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #641 | 111 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #586 | 123 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | #577 | 96 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #587 | 76 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #555 | 77 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #519 | 64 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #584 | 50 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #594 | 42 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #462 | 61 | — | |
| 1907 | #475 | 56 | — | |
| 1906 | #486 | 50 | — | |
| 1905 | #464 | 53 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #430 | 56 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #457 | 49 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #445 | 49 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #452 | 43 | — | |
| 1900 | #468 | 52 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #490 | 36 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 | — | |
| 1897 | #530 | 31 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #434 | 44 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #384 | 53 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | #399 | 49 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #455 | 34 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #434 | 38 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #355 | 49 | — | |
| 1890 | #412 | 37 | — | |
| 1889 | #475 | 27 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #458 | 29 | #704 | 9 |
| 1887 | #364 | 35 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 | — | |
| 1885 | #386 | 28 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #349 | 32 | — | |
| 1883 | #435 | 19 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #407 | 20 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 | — | |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lennie was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lennie
- 577 spots since 2024 (#3,119 → #2,542)
- 3,125 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #2,542)
- 7,606 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #2,542)
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1887 (#657 → #364)
- Biggest drop: 271 spots in 1886 (#386 → #657)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #349 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1880–1930
- Highest: 1 in 3,785 girls born in 1891 were named Lennie (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,294 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #349 in 1884, was only 1 in 4,032 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.0% of all girls named Lennie (869) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 234 | #349 (1884) | #441 |
| 1890s | 417 | #355 (1891) | #434 |
| 1900s | 511 | #430 (1904) | #473 |
| 1910s | 869 | #519 (1911) | #626 |
| 1920s | 746 | #692 (1921) | #870 |
| 1930s | 489 | #865 (1933) | #1,021 |
| 1940s | 476 | #1,041 (1941) | #1,199 |
| 1950s | 341 | #1,396 (1950) | #1,799 |
| 1960s | 178 | #2,196 (1960) | #3,297 |
| 1970s | 138 | #2,955 (1971) | #4,676 |
| 1980s | 60 | #5,254 (1981) | #8,671 |
| 1990s | 17 | #10,271 (1991) | #12,325 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,432 (2002) | #15,432 |
| 2010s | 94 | #5,821 (2017) | #10,458 |
| 2020s | 260 | #2,542 (2025) | #4,003 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lennie in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 18,925 of them was named Lennie, which outranked 82.3% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 82,740 of them was named Lennie, which outranked 51.6% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,096Whitfield14
- #2,096Worley14
- #2,096Young14
- #2,199Lennie13
- #2,199Ace13
- #2,199Adrain13
- #2,199Almer13
- #2,317Agnes12
- #2,317Albion12
- #2,317Amon12
Tied with 117 names at #2,199; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.