Lenny

Boy · recorded 1914–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 2.1 to 1)

  • #1,418in 2025
  • 1 in 13,344boys in 2025
  • −13%last ten years
  • 1.9×in New York

Most popular in 1961.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1914

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 102 recorded years as a table
Lenny, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19148
19198
19207
19237
19244
19257
19265
19297
19316
19337
193413
193514
193612
193715
193818
193920
194030
194121
194223
194329
194434
194542
194642
194737
194844
194933
195027
195125
195232
195336
195444
195544
195652
195773
195872
195977
196092
196194
196286
196385
196476
196571
196674
196768
196868
196964
197064
197168
197267
197358
197458
197590
197689
197779
197872
197979
198053
198143
198254
198340
198424
198528
198636
198733
198825
198926
199027
199131
199222
199331
199429
199528
199617
199714
199830
199925
200032
200133
200242
200330
200441
200544
200651
200748
200850
200949
201075
201173
201263
201361
201450
201586
201664
201752
201852
201959
202056
202165
202270
202378
202480
202575

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New York 1.9×
  2. California 1.4×
  3. Texas 0.9×

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
128
Rank in 2025
#1,418
How rare
1 in 13,344 boys
Since 1914
8,299

Most popular in 1961, at 94 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 13% per million boys born.

Top 3 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New York1.9×38
California1.4×58
Texas0.9×36

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.