girls:
33 births since 1990
#5683 (1st percentile)
boys:
70 births since 2003
#4516 (1st percentile)
overall:
103 births since 1990
#7636 (1st percentile)
The name Leny is the #7,636 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 103 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,516 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 70 births since 2003. For girls, it ranks #5,683 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 33 births since 1990.
Leny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 2003 for boys). Birth data for Leny is available in 14 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (11 years for boys and 6 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 Leny has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (68.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Leny were boys. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1990 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (76.1% boys from 2003 to 2023).
For boys, Leny reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #872) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Leny reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #861) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Leny ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 85.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leny".
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