girls:
619 births since 1943
#5097 (11th percentile)
boys:
8k births since 1914
#1316 (71st percentile)
overall:
8.7k births since 1914
#2911 (62nd percentile)
The name Lenny is the #2,911 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,650 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 62.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,316 (71.3% percentile) for all time with 8,031 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,097 (10.8% percentile) for all time with 619 births since 1943.
Lenny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1943 for girls). Birth data for Lenny is available in 100 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (100 years for boys and 56 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 Lenny has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 72.7% of babies named Lenny were boys.
For boys, Lenny reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 26.8% percentile (ranked #481) with 91 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 92 births per million (ranked 26.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lenny ranks #783 for boys (14.1% percentile) with 73 births per million, which is 78.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Lenny reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #902) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 29 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lenny is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #902 (4.8% percentile) with 29 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lenny".
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