girls:
249 births since 1966
#5467 (4th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 2018
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
259 births since 1966
#7480 (3rd percentile)
The name Lenni is the #7,480 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 259 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,467 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 249 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2018.
Lenni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 2018 for boys). Birth data for Lenni is available in 13 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023 (13 years for girls and 2 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 Lenni has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Lenni reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #900) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lenni is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #900 (5.0% percentile) with 30 births per million.
For boys, Lenni reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #901) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lenni".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Lenni. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Lenni is pronounced as LEH-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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