Lenzy

Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294 · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to boys 89.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1882 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
467
since 1882

Lenzy over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #8,047, 1983peak #943, 1882girlsboys
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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
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2009#17,2945
2008#17,5045
2007
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2005
2004
2003#15,7845
2002#11,1088
2001
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1999
1998
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1996#13,5185
1995
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1993
1992#13,3175#8,4355
1991
1990#9,2478
1989
1988#7,2705
1987
1986
1985#5,1477
1984#9,1446#4,9737
1983#8,0477
1982
1981
1980#5,5256
1979
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1977
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1971
1970#3,8367
1969#3,5957
1968
1967#2,9858
1966#3,5376
1965#2,9828
1964#4,0395
1963
1962#4,0335
1961#3,3567
1960
1959
1958#3,2757
1957#2,37512
1956#2,7989
1955#2,21913
1954#3,1767
1953#3,1437
1952#2,8758
1951#3,0667
1950
1949#2,6069
1948#3,3166
1947#2,35611
1946#3,1736
1945#2,7437
1944#3,1096
1943#1,98614
1942#2,5239
1941#2,4919
1940
1939#2,6098
1938
1937#2,4799
1936#2,18411
1935
1934
1933#2,7388
1932#2,46510
1931#3,0957
1930#3,0228
1929#2,45211
1928#2,27013
1927#2,9129
1926#2,07415
1925#2,75510
1924#2,64111
1923#4,2395
1922#3,0149
1921#3,2148
1920#2,60211
1919#2,8779
1918#3,3687
1917#1,98615
1916#2,15213
1915#2,6219
1914#2,9156
1913
1912#2,5445
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1898#1,1215
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1882#9435
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Lenzy! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Lenzy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #943 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,737
  • Highest: 1 in 22,737 boys born in 1882 were named Lenzy (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 399,482 boys born in 1992 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.8% of all boys named Lenzy (102) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#943 (1882)#943
1890s5#1,121 (1898)#1,121
1900s0
1910s64#1,986 (1917)#2,638
1920s102#2,074 (1926)#2,817
1930s61#2,184 (1936)#2,656
1940s77#1,986 (1943)#2,700
1950s70#2,219 (1955)#2,866
1960s46#2,982 (1965)#3,504
1970s7#3,836 (1970)#3,836
1980s25#4,973 (1984)#5,729
1990s5#8,435 (1992)#8,435

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.

Lenzy in 1882

boys
#943
5 births · 1 in 22,737 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #943Lenzy5
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 22,737 of them was named Lenzy, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lenzy
  1. #837Wilhelm6
  2. #837Wood6
  3. #837Yee6
  4. #943Lenzy5
  5. #943Ab5
  6. #943Adolf5
  7. #943Alby5

Tied with 156 names at #943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. 467Clarance#866#399
  2. 429Webster#866#437
  3. 365Neil#781#416
  4. 352Cliff#866#514
  5. 352Elmore#866#514
Fallers
  1. 501Verne#442#943
  2. 483Newell#460#943
  3. 456Merritt#487#943
  4. 440Solon#503#943
  5. 395Almon#442#837

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

See the top 100 for 1882