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.

Lenita

#6,320 most common girls' name of all time · #10,663 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1919–2009

Rank among girls
#6,320
Rank overall
#10,663 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
1,178
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1960 #1,849
Best rank
#1,759 1954
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
19201940196019802000

Lenita first appears in 1919. 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
2009 5 — 5 #17,537
2004 5 — 5 #16,305
1999 7 — 7 #11,513
1998 5 — 5 #14,354
1991 5 — 5 #13,415
1990 11 — 11 #7,405
1989 17 — 17 #5,096
1988 12 — 12 #6,354
1987 15 — 15 #5,123
1986 21 — 21 #3,923
1985 12 — 12 #5,754
1984 13 — 13 #5,273
1983 14 — 14 #4,942
1982 12 — 12 #5,632
1981 19 — 19 #4,045
1980 12 — 12 #5,624
1979 14 — 14 #4,905
1978 16 — 16 #4,309
1977 18 — 18 #3,954
1976 19 — 19 #3,583
1975 16 — 16 #4,007
1974 15 — 15 #4,103
1973 27 — 27 #2,652
1972 19 — 19 #3,314
1971 24 — 24 #2,899
1970 21 — 21 #3,143
1969 28 — 28 #2,482
1968 20 — 20 #2,914
1967 25 — 25 #2,456
1966 17 — 17 #3,089
1965 27 — 27 #2,319
1964 19 — 19 #2,958
1963 31 — 31 #2,145
1962 29 — 29 #2,231
1961 28 — 28 #2,271
1960 38 — 38 #1,849
1959 25 — 25 #2,321
1958 36 — 36 #1,840
1957 21 — 21 #2,532
1956 23 — 23 #2,358
1955 30 — 30 #1,960
1954 35 — 35 #1,759
1953 20 — 20 #2,403
1952 21 — 21 #2,315
1951 15 — 15 #2,767
1950 22 — 22 #2,097
1949 22 — 22 #2,117
1948 18 — 18 #2,388
1947 20 — 20 #2,258
1946 12 — 12 #2,987
1945 8 — 8 #3,583
1944 16 — 16 #2,265
1943 15 — 15 #2,421
1942 14 — 14 #2,511
1941 9 — 9 #3,187
1940 14 — 14 #2,273
1939 10 — 10 #2,874
1938 9 — 9 #3,131
1937 9 — 9 #3,110
1936 13 — 13 #2,373
1935 9 — 9 #3,113
1933 11 — 11 #2,664
1932 16 — 16 #2,125
1931 8 — 8 #3,449
1930 9 — 9 #3,299
1928 10 — 10 #3,144
1927 6 — 6 #4,672
1925 8 — 8 #3,991
1924 5 — 5 #5,638
1923 5 — 5 #5,482
1922 5 — 5 #5,538
1920 5 — 5 #5,529
1919 8 — 8 #3,805