girls:
1.6k births since 1938
#4200 (27th percentile)
boys:
27 births since 2007
#4559 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1938
#6169 (20th percentile)
The name Leni is the #6,169 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,577 recorded births since 1938. This represents the 20.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,200 (26.5% percentile) for all time with 1,550 births since 1938. For boys, it ranks #4,559 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 2007.
Leni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1938 (1938 for girls and 2007 for boys). Birth data for Leni is available in 63 out of the 86 years between 1938 and 2023 (63 years for girls and 5 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 Leni has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Leni reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 20.6% percentile (ranked #752) with 114 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 114 births per million (ranked 20.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Leni is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #752 (20.6% percentile) with 114 births per million.
For boys, Leni reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #909) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Leni is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #909 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leni".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Leni. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Leni is pronounced as LEH-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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