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
- 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
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 | — | — | ||
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| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
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| 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 | — | — | ||
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| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Lennis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1948 at #1,256 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 20.3% of all boys named Lennis (247) were born in this decade
- 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.
Lennis in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 141,492 of them was named Lennis, which outranked 50.8% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,828Wende13
- #2,828Wynette13
- #2,828Wynn13
- #2,974Lennis12
- #2,974Acquanetta12
- #2,974Adah12
- #2,974Annella12
- #3,137Adair11
- #3,137Adonna11
- #3,137Alean11
Tied with 162 names at #2,974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 53,170 of them was named Lennis, which outranked 70.1% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,231Thurston34
- #1,231Vinson34
- #1,231Watson34
- #1,256Lennis33
- #1,256Abner33
- #1,256Arland33
- #1,256Barron33
- #1,280Barrett32
- #1,280Cleon32
- #1,280Damian32
Tied with 23 names at #1,256; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.