Lenita

Girl · recorded 1919–2009

  • 2009last recorded
  • 1960best year

Most popular in 1960.

Last recorded in 2009. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lenita.

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Its story

Popularity since 1919

0101919191942196419872009

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 73 recorded years as a table
Lenita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19197
19204
19224
19234
19244
19257
19275
19289
19308
19318
193215
193311
19359
193612
19378
19388
19399
194012
19417
194210
194311
194412
19456
19468
194711
194811
194913
195013
19518
195211
195311
195418
195515
195611
195710
195818
195912
196019
196114
196215
196316
196410
196515
196610
196715
196812
196917
197012
197114
197212
197319
197410
197511
197613
197712
197810
19799
19807
198111
19827
19838
19848
19857
198612
19879
19887
19899
19906
19913
19983
19994
20043
20093

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lenita isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2009
5
Rank in 2009
#17,294
How rare
1 in 367,422 girls
Since 1919
1,178

Lenita was last recorded in 2009. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1960, at 19 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lenita doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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