girls:
9.8k births since 1981
#1610 (72nd percentile)
boys:
7.4k births since 1913
#1379 (70th percentile)
overall:
17.2k births since 1913
#1972 (75th percentile)
The name Lennon is the #1,972 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 17,196 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 74.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,610 (71.8% percentile) for all time with 9,825 births since 1981. For boys, it ranks #1,379 (69.9% percentile) for all time with 7,371 births since 1913.
Lennon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1981 for girls). Birth data for Lennon is available in 103 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (103 years for boys and 34 years for girls). 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 Lennon has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 78.5% of babies named Lennon were girls. Interestingly, until around 2016, the name was more popular for boys (68.1% boys from 1913 to 2015), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (71.8% girls from 2016 to 2023).
For girls, Lennon reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 76.9% percentile (ranked #222) with 734 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 734 births per million (ranked 76.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1994, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lennon is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #231 (75.7% percentile) with 717 births per million.
For boys, Lennon reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 42.0% percentile (ranked #535) with 223 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 223 births per million (ranked 42.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lennon ranks #592 for boys (35.1% percentile) with 188 births per million, which is 84.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lennon".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lennon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.2% confident that Lennon is pronounced as LEH-nuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEH-nihn, at 12.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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