Lennis
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352 · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to boys 69.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,217since 1912
Lennis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #1,333 | 32 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #1,378 | 30 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 | #1,297 | 32 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 | #1,692 | 18 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,630 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,537 | 21 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | #1,323 | 25 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #1,587 | 18 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | #2,101 | 13 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,643 | 19 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #1,396 | 25 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #2,310 | 11 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #2,271 | 9 |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Lennis! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1948 at #1,256 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 37,019
- Highest: 1 in 37,019 boys born in 1917 were named Lennis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,316 boys born in 2013 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,256 in 1948, was only 1 in 53,170 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 20.3% of all boys named Lennis (247) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1947
- Mostly girls until 1946, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 80 | #1,396 (1917) | #2,361 |
| 1920s | 159 | #1,466 (1926) | #2,097 |
| 1930s | 177 | #1,323 (1939) | #1,702 |
| 1940s | 231 | #1,256 (1948) | #1,484 |
| 1950s | 247 | #1,333 (1954) | #1,581 |
| 1960s | 164 | #1,619 (1960) | #2,045 |
| 1970s | 73 | #2,739 (1970) | #3,871 |
| 1980s | 58 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,371 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,751 |
| 2000s | 8 | #7,536 (2001) | #7,536 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,136 (2013) | #12,205 |
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.
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