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

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Peak · girls
1884 · 32 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,835
since 1880

Lennie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #349, 1884peak #673, 1889girlsboys
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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#2,54269#8,9108
2024#3,11951#10,9386
2023#2,64666
2022#4,47231
2021#5,57322#12,1465
2020#5,66721#12,0225
2019#6,69817#8,8898
2018#6,24819
2017#5,82121#8,1409
2016#11,7818#12,1855
2015#10,14810#12,0865
2014#14,5586#8,1309
2013
2012#14,9626#9,7097
2011#10,8086
2010#13,4487#8,8038
2009#8,3109
2008
2007#9,7887
2006
2005#10,1516
2004#9,9486
2003
2002#15,4325#8,4567
2001#7,5368
2000#9,1126
1999#9,9125
1998#7,5607
1997#4,96012
1996#7,9716
1995#13,3865#5,9289
1994#5,10911
1993#5,36010
1992#13,3175#5,23610
1991#10,2717#4,47612
1990#7,1786
1989#4,01713
1988#11,7985#3,35015
1987#11,3255#3,52113
1986#10,9125#2,89117
1985#7,5638#2,42721
1984#8,1537#2,29222
1983#8,0477#2,78716
1982#2,97215
1981#5,25413#2,77916
1980#6,31910#2,16224
1979#6,6969#2,10424
1978#5,56311#2,13422
1977#5,88810#1,94825
1976#5,21511#1,57234
1975#3,95016#1,50535
1974#3,55818#1,18249
1973#3,78716#1,73626
1972#5,10910#1,56630
1971#2,95523#1,33040
1970#4,03814#1,41635
1969#3,77414#1,28038
1968#6,2466#1,16542
1967#3,34015#1,25336
1966#3,26615#1,00752
1965#2,41125#97657
1964#3,37915#90670
1963#3,06617#96161
1962#2,81419#95363
1961#2,47424#89074
1960#2,19628#87675
1959#2,28925#87576
1958#2,07329#85578
1957#1,68141#83582
1956#1,93131#95461
1955#2,10826#93364
1954#1,76934#1,08248
1953#1,67135#1,07446
1952#1,61136#1,09444
1951#1,46241#98451
1950#1,39643#1,23234
1949#1,30449#1,16337
1948#1,29850#93355
1947#1,41343#1,13641
1946#1,07163#1,01945
1945#1,14247#1,13933
1944#1,27239#1,37024
1943#1,18147#1,30828
1942#1,18045#1,49622
1941#1,04149#1,44622
1940#1,08844#1,33425
1939#1,22136#1,48920
1938#1,11142#1,22129
1937#1,09942#1,91314
1936#90956#1,38423
1935#1,00447#1,42223
1934#1,07942#1,86015
1933#86560#1,36124
1932#89162#1,77717
1931#1,09242#2,00314
1930#94160#2,29312
1929#93259#2,19913
1928#93663#1,64721
1927#99059#2,29813
1926#87372#2,07415
1925#86175#1,49325
1924#78889#1,72721
1923#99257#1,87418
1922#84575#1,47026
1921#692114#1,26733
1920#79183#1,45726
1919#72194#1,88217
1918#79680#1,53923
1917#69698#1,47923
1916#641111#2,04314
1915#586123#1,78216
1914#57796#1,77213
1913#58776#1,25617
1912#55577#1,52711
1911#51964#92513
1910#58450#85913
1909#59442#1,0209
1908#46261
1907#47556
1906#48650
1905#46453#74111
1904#43056#8109
1903#45749#9107
1902#44549#1,1375
1901#45243
1900#46852#1,1626
1899#49036#9286
1898#44846
1897#53031#1,0575
1896#43444#9826
1895#38453#8727
1894#39949#7878
1893#45534#7688
1892#43438#9566
1891#35549
1890#41237
1889#47527#6739
1888#45829#7049
1887#36435#8196
1886#65712
1885#38628#9365
1884#34932
1883#43519#7996
1882#40720#8376
1881#36021
1880#51811
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #349 (32 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1880–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,785
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 18.0% of all girls named Lennie (869) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
  • Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s234#349 (1884)#441
1890s417#355 (1891)#434
1900s511#430 (1904)#473
1910s869#519 (1911)#626
1920s746#692 (1921)#870
1930s489#865 (1933)#1,021
1940s476#1,041 (1941)#1,199
1950s341#1,396 (1950)#1,799
1960s178#2,196 (1960)#3,297
1970s138#2,955 (1971)#4,676
1980s60#5,254 (1981)#8,671
1990s17#10,271 (1991)#12,325
2000s5#15,432 (2002)#15,432
2010s94#5,821 (2017)#10,458
2020s260#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 1961

girls
#2,474
24 births · 1 in 84,104 girls
boys
#890
74 births · 1 in 28,705 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #2,474Lennie24

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #890Lennie74
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 84,104 of them was named Lennie, which outranked 67.1% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lennie
  1. #2,411Velia25
  2. #2,411Veta25
  3. #2,411Zulma25
  4. #2,474Lennie24
  5. #2,474Alena24
  6. #2,474Andrew24
  7. #2,474Blythe24
  8. #2,543Alba23
  9. #2,543Alda23
  10. #2,543Alexia23

Tied with 68 names at #2,474; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 28,705 of them was named Lennie, which outranked 80.9% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lennie
  1. #882Foster75
  2. #882Gail75
  3. #882Rubin75
  4. #890Lennie74
  5. #890Dusty74
  6. #890Emerson74
  7. #890Issac74
  8. #896Alfonzo73
  9. #896Artie73
  10. #896Cyril73

Tied with 5 names at #890; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961