Lenny*
#1,248 most common boys' name of all time · #2,987 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1914–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,248
Rank overall
#2,987 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
9,035
Since 2016
1,509
Peak year
1960 #561
Best rank
#557 1961
Girls
Boys
peak 209/yr
Lenny first appears in 1914. 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 | 61 | 128 | 189 | #1,419 |
| 2024 | 56 | 137 | 193 | #1,372 |
| 2023 | 50 | 133 | 183 | #1,392 |
| 2022 | 43 | 122 | 165 | #1,483 |
| 2021 | 42 | 113 | 155 | #1,549 |
| 2020 | 27 | 96 | 123 | #1,661 |
| 2019 | 24 | 105 | 129 | #1,584 |
| 2018 | 25 | 94 | 119 | #1,679 |
| 2017 | 23 | 96 | 119 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 12 | 122 | 134 | #1,426 |
| 2015 | 13 | 165 | 178 | #1,143 |
| 2014 | 7 | 96 | 103 | #1,622 |
| 2013 | 6 | 115 | 121 | #1,436 |
| 2012 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,399 |
| 2011 | 5 | 139 | 144 | #1,245 |
| 2010 | 9 | 144 | 153 | #1,228 |
| 2009 | 7 | 98 | 105 | #1,620 |
| 2008 | 9 | 102 | 111 | #1,566 |
| 2007 | 6 | 99 | 105 | #1,580 |
| 2006 | 10 | 104 | 114 | #1,473 |
| 2005 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,574 |
| 2004 | 10 | 81 | 91 | #1,608 |
| 2003 | 7 | 60 | 67 | #1,944 |
| 2002 | 11 | 81 | 92 | #1,530 |
| 2001 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,767 |
| 2000 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,771 |
| 1999 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,004 |
| 1998 | 5 | 57 | 62 | #1,774 |
| 1997 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #2,845 |
| 1996 | 5 | 33 | 38 | #2,392 |
| 1995 | 13 | 53 | 66 | #1,688 |
| 1994 | 5 | 56 | 61 | #1,637 |
| 1993 | 8 | 61 | 69 | #1,516 |
| 1992 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,897 |
| 1991 | 8 | 62 | 70 | #1,447 |
| 1990 | 7 | 55 | 62 | #1,535 |
| 1989 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,542 |
| 1988 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,536 |
| 1987 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,252 |
| 1986 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,169 |
| 1985 | 8 | 52 | 60 | #1,344 |
| 1984 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,468 |
| 1983 | 5 | 72 | 77 | #1,048 |
| 1982 | 5 | 98 | 103 | #905 |
| 1981 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,042 |
| 1980 | — | 95 | 95 | #918 |
| 1979 | 6 | 136 | 142 | #742 |
| 1978 | — | 118 | 118 | #777 |
| 1977 | — | 130 | 130 | #749 |
| 1976 | 11 | 139 | 150 | #709 |
| 1975 | 14 | 141 | 155 | #701 |
| 1974 | — | 91 | 91 | #844 |
| 1973 | 7 | 90 | 97 | #841 |
| 1972 | 9 | 108 | 117 | #769 |
| 1971 | — | 121 | 121 | #744 |
| 1970 | 5 | 118 | 123 | #761 |
| 1969 | 7 | 115 | 122 | #730 |
| 1968 | — | 119 | 119 | #695 |
| 1967 | — | 118 | 118 | #686 |
| 1966 | — | 132 | 132 | #647 |
| 1965 | 5 | 132 | 137 | #650 |
| 1964 | — | 152 | 152 | #633 |
| 1963 | 6 | 173 | 179 | #598 |
| 1962 | 7 | 177 | 184 | #588 |
| 1961 | 7 | 199 | 206 | #557 |
| 1960 | 12 | 197 | 209 | #561 |
| 1959 | 8 | 164 | 172 | #605 |
| 1958 | — | 153 | 153 | #623 |
| 1957 | 5 | 157 | 162 | #614 |
| 1956 | 10 | 111 | 121 | #703 |
| 1955 | 5 | 91 | 96 | #764 |
| 1954 | 6 | 89 | 95 | #756 |
| 1953 | 6 | 71 | 77 | #855 |
| 1952 | 7 | 62 | 69 | #905 |
| 1951 | 8 | 47 | 55 | #1,051 |
| 1950 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,004 |
| 1949 | — | 59 | 59 | #904 |
| 1948 | 10 | 77 | 87 | #781 |
| 1947 | 10 | 68 | 78 | #841 |
| 1946 | 12 | 69 | 81 | #805 |
| 1945 | — | 56 | 56 | #843 |
| 1944 | 9 | 47 | 56 | #947 |
| 1943 | 7 | 42 | 49 | #1,051 |
| 1942 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,241 |
| 1941 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,328 |
| 1940 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,131 |
| 1939 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,455 |
| 1938 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,555 |
| 1937 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,821 |
| 1936 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,167 |
| 1935 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,919 |
| 1934 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,178 |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,607 |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,969 |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,316 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,610 |
| 1923 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,363 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,697 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,316 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,655 |