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.

Lennie**

#1,896 most common girls' name of all time · #3,251 across all names · 37% male / 63% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,896
Rank overall
#3,251 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
7,725
Since 2016
371
Peak year
1921 #693
Best rank
#356 1891
Girls Boys peak 147/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lennie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 69 8 77 #2,542
2024 51 6 57 #3,120
2023 66 66 #2,647
2022 31 31 #4,475
2021 22 5 27 #5,575
2020 21 5 26 #5,667
2019 17 8 25 #6,703
2018 19 19 #6,248
2017 21 9 30 #5,824
2016 8 5 13 #11,790
2015 10 5 15 #10,154
2014 6 9 15 #14,566
2012 6 7 13 #14,974
2011 6 6
2010 7 8 15 #13,454
2009 9 9
2007 7 7
2005 6 6
2004 6 6
2002 5 7 12 #15,442
2001 8 8
2000 6 6
1999 5 5
1998 7 7
1997 12 12
1996 6 6
1995 5 9 14 #13,395
1994 11 11
1993 10 10
1992 5 10 15 #13,322
1991 7 12 19 #10,276
1990 6 6
1989 13 13
1988 5 15 20 #11,810
1987 5 13 18 #11,335
1986 5 17 22 #10,923
1985 8 21 29 #7,568
1984 7 22 29 #8,165
1983 7 16 23 #8,053
1982 15 15
1981 13 16 29 #5,259
1980 10 24 34 #6,326
1979 9 24 33 #6,700
1978 11 22 33 #5,565
1977 10 25 35 #5,892
1976 11 34 45 #5,221
1975 16 35 51 #3,957
1974 18 49 67 #3,558
1973 16 26 42 #3,788
1972 10 30 40 #5,117
1971 23 40 63 #2,956
1970 14 35 49 #4,044
1969 14 38 52 #3,777
1968 6 42 48 #6,254
1967 15 36 51 #3,348
1966 15 52 67 #3,272
1965 25 57 82 #2,416
1964 15 70 85 #3,382
1963 17 61 78 #3,070
1962 19 63 82 #2,815
1961 24 74 98 #2,477
1960 28 75 103 #2,198
1959 25 76 101 #2,293
1958 29 78 107 #2,076
1957 41 82 123 #1,686
1956 31 61 92 #1,934
1955 26 64 90 #2,110
1954 34 48 82 #1,771
1953 35 46 81 #1,673
1952 36 44 80 #1,613
1951 41 51 92 #1,463
1950 43 34 77 #1,397
1949 49 37 86 #1,304
1948 50 55 105 #1,301
1947 43 41 84 #1,416
1946 63 45 108 #1,072
1945 47 33 80 #1,144
1944 39 24 63 #1,275
1943 47 28 75 #1,183
1942 45 22 67 #1,182
1941 49 22 71 #1,042
1940 44 25 69 #1,089
1939 36 20 56 #1,223
1938 42 29 71 #1,114
1937 42 14 56 #1,100
1936 56 23 79 #910
1935 47 23 70 #1,007
1934 42 15 57 #1,080
1933 60 24 84 #866
1932 62 17 79 #892
1931 42 14 56 #1,093
1930 60 12 72 #942
1929 59 13 72 #933
1928 63 21 84 #937
1927 59 13 72 #990
1926 72 15 87 #875
1925 75 25 100 #862
1924 89 21 110 #789
1923 57 18 75 #993
1922 75 26 101 #845
1921 114 33 147 #693
1920 83 26 109 #792
1919 94 17 111 #722
1918 80 23 103 #797
1917 98 23 121 #697
1916 111 14 125 #643
1915 123 16 139 #586
1914 96 13 109 #578
1913 76 17 93 #588
1912 77 11 88 #556
1911 64 13 77 #519
1910 50 13 63 #588
1909 42 9 51 #596
1908 61 61 #462
1907 56 56 #479
1906 50 50 #490
1905 53 11 64 #468
1904 56 9 65 #435
1903 49 7 56 #457
1902 49 5 54 #449
1901 43 43 #454
1900 52 6 58 #470
1899 36 6 42 #495
1898 46 46 #454
1897 31 5 36 #531
1896 44 6 50 #436
1895 53 7 60 #388
1894 49 8 57 #401
1893 34 8 42 #458
1892 38 6 44 #438
1891 49 49 #356
1890 37 37 #421
1889 27 9 36 #481
1888 29 9 38 #462
1887 35 6 41 #366
1886 12 12 #665
1885 28 5 33 #390
1884 32 32 #357
1883 19 6 25 #442
1882 20 6 26 #414
1881 21 21 #373
1880 11 11 #533