girls:
671 births since 1916
#5045 (12th percentile)
boys:
191 births since 1919
#4395 (4th percentile)
overall:
862 births since 1916
#6877 (11th percentile)
The name Lean is the #6,877 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 862 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 11.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,045 (11.7% percentile) for all time with 671 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #4,395 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 191 births since 1919.
Lean first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for girls and 1919 for boys). Birth data for Lean is available in 76 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (68 years for girls and 23 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lean has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 40.0% of babies named Lean were girls.
For girls, Lean reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #778) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lean ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 23.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lean reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #893) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lean ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 56.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lean".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lean", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Leanne" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Leanne..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lean. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Lean is pronounced as leen, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-uhn, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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