Lenny
Lenny is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 137 births. Its best rank was 556th, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1370.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1961199 births
- Best rank
- #556in 1961
- Since 1914
- 8,845people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,170 boys have been named Lenny in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 199 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1960s alone account for 19%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 675 girls have also been given it, 7.6% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Lenny | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | |
| 1920s | 41 | |
| 1930s | 111 | |
| 1940s | 511 | |
| 1950s | 994 | |
| 1960s | 1,514 | |
| 1970s | 1,192 | |
| 1980s | 665 | |
| 1990s | 495 | |
| 2000s | 839 | |
| 2010s | 1,194 | |
| 2020s | 601 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Lenny was the 556th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Lenny
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Richiepeak 1964
- Baronpeak 2008
- Ladonpeak 2012
- Roelpeak 2000
- Chetpeak 1963
- Thanepeak 2015
- Reggiepeak 1979
- Barronpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.