Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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