Lean**
#7,615 most common girls' name of all time · #12,757 across all names · 25% male / 75% female · used 1916–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#7,615
Rank overall
#12,757 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
892
Since 2016
140
Peak year
1985 #3,266
Best rank
#3,266 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Lean first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 2024 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #13,611 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #15,510 |
| 2021 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #12,280 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #13,927 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #10,022 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #11,885 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #13,108 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #14,719 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #11,101 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #13,609 |
| 2011 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #14,955 |
| 2010 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,258 |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #13,828 |
| 2008 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #12,687 |
| 2007 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,060 |
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,520 |
| 2004 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,787 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,960 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #15,627 |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,317 |
| 1999 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,891 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,266 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,920 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,646 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,627 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,946 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,584 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,423 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,976 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,606 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,049 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,119 |
| 1986 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,673 |
| 1985 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,266 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,361 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,999 |
| 1982 | 24 | — | 24 | #3,458 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,792 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,388 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,846 |
| 1978 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,303 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,607 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,700 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,169 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,096 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,209 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,091 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,804 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,098 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,815 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,275 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,537 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,433 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,967 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,191 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,368 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,008 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,679 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,943 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,797 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,651 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,686 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,609 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,733 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,991 |
| 1927 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,815 |
| 1926 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,541 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,014 |