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.

Leni

#4,524 most common girls' name of all time · #7,698 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1938–2025

Rank among girls
#4,524
Rank overall
#7,698 of 105,966
First appeared
1938
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,962
Since 2016
1,245
Peak year
2023 #1,196
Best rank
#1,175 2025
Girls Boys peak 208/yr
19401960198020002020

Leni first appears in 1938. 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 197 197 #1,175
2024 187 187 #1,248
2023 201 7 208 #1,196
2022 141 141 #1,522
2021 117 117 #1,752
2020 99 99 #1,928
2019 103 5 108 #1,922
2018 81 81 #2,259
2017 55 55 #2,980
2016 52 52 #3,155
2015 40 40 #3,787
2014 39 39 #3,864
2013 32 5 37 #4,448
2012 36 36 #4,139
2011 34 34 #4,272
2010 28 5 33 #5,009
2009 33 33 #4,505
2008 23 23 #5,998
2007 18 5 23 #7,155
2006 26 26 #5,273
2005 11 11 #9,555
2004 6 6 #14,392
1991 7 7 #10,491
1989 7 7 #9,896
1988 5 5 #12,176
1987 5 5 #11,666
1983 6 6 #9,278
1981 5 5 #10,787
1980 7 7 #8,396
1979 7 7 #8,290
1978 6 6 #8,833
1977 9 9 #6,479
1976 5 5 #9,690
1975 7 7 #7,398
1974 6 6 #7,960
1969 8 8 #5,657
1967 6 6 #6,324
1965 5 5 #6,927
1964 10 10 #4,499
1963 7 7 #5,591
1962 5 5 #7,037
1961 14 14 #3,550
1960 7 7 #5,452
1959 8 8 #4,861
1958 6 6 #5,781
1957 10 10 #4,107
1956 10 10 #4,072
1955 12 12 #3,521
1954 6 6 #5,527
1953 8 8 #4,482
1952 5 5 #6,052
1951 13 13 #3,080
1950 11 11 #3,382
1949 18 18 #2,402
1948 18 18 #2,409
1947 14 14 #2,876
1946 12 12 #3,016
1945 11 11 #2,895
1944 15 15 #2,389
1943 11 11 #3,024
1942 14 14 #2,532
1941 11 11 #2,837
1940 8 8 #3,488
1939 5 5 #4,870
1938 6 6 #4,322