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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |