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.

Lenin

#3,424 most common boys' name of all time · #8,342 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1925–2025

Rank among boys
#3,424
Rank overall
#8,342 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
1,727
Since 2016
594
Peak year
2018 #1,826
Best rank
#1,826 2018
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
19401960198020002020

Lenin first appears in 1925. 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 — 43 43 #2,893
2024 — 45 45 #2,846
2023 — 46 46 #2,780
2022 — 67 67 #2,174
2021 — 63 63 #2,231
2020 — 53 53 #2,446
2019 — 64 64 #2,192
2018 — 83 83 #1,826
2017 — 71 71 #2,009
2016 — 59 59 #2,264
2015 — 66 66 #2,118
2014 — 36 36 #3,114
2013 5 38 43 #2,972
2012 — 28 28 #3,736
2011 — 35 35 #3,186
2010 — 47 47 #2,590
2009 — 43 43 #2,811
2008 — 49 49 #2,556
2007 — 43 43 #2,782
2006 — 46 46 #2,586
2005 — 49 49 #2,372
2004 — 32 32 #3,097
2003 — 38 38 #2,638
2002 — 32 32 #2,897
2001 — 38 38 #2,530
2000 — 27 27 #3,172
1999 — 29 29 #2,894
1998 — 29 29 #2,801
1997 — 27 27 #2,854
1996 — 22 22 #3,234
1995 — 21 21 #3,232
1994 — 25 25 #2,881
1993 — 17 17 #3,715
1992 — 20 20 #3,259
1991 — 17 17 #3,523
1990 — 22 22 #2,900
1989 — 15 15 #3,685
1988 — 8 8 #5,373
1987 — 14 14 #3,414
1986 — 20 20 #2,632
1985 — 10 10 #4,153
1984 — 19 19 #2,565
1983 — 15 15 #2,983
1982 — 10 10 #4,085
1981 — 13 13 #3,299
1980 — 23 23 #2,247
1979 — 16 16 #2,824
1978 — 5 5 #6,071
1977 — 16 16 #2,730
1976 — 10 10 #3,569
1975 — 12 12 #3,162
1974 — 15 15 #2,610
1972 — 6 6 #4,682
1971 — 10 10 #3,270
1970 — 5 5 #5,059
1968 — 5 5 #4,469
1925 — 5 5 #4,836