NameTides

Leni

Leni was the #1,173 girls' name in the US in 2025 (197 babies), and #514 in England & Wales and #750 in Canada.

Leni as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leni as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaIrelandUS
Leni as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,173 (197)#514 (78)#474 (6)#259 (6)#718 (4)#750 (39)
2024#1,242 (187)#478 (85)#638 (4)#288 (5)#412 (9)#734 (40)
2023#1,195 (201)#425 (96)#540 (5)#302 (5)#625 (5)#574 (50)
2022#1,521 (141)#857 (41)——#905 (3)#653 (43)
2021#1,750 (117)#860 (41)—#298 (5)#883 (3)#677 (43)
2020#1,924 (99)#1,200 (27)———#971 (27)
2019#1,919 (103)#1,703 (17)———#1,067 (24)
2018#2,254 (81)#1,272 (26)———#1,002 (26)
2017#2,964 (55)#1,628 (19)———#1,673 (13)
2016#3,139 (52)#1,327 (25)———#1,109 (23)
2015#3,767 (40)#1,549 (20)——#896 (3)#1,659 (13)
2014#3,848 (39)#1,501 (20)——#752 (4)#2,185 (9)
2013#4,422 (32)#1,587 (19)——#747 (4)#2,204 (9)
2012#4,121 (36)#1,720 (17)———#2,013 (10)
2011#4,244 (34)#2,150 (12)———#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,195.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1938.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Leni is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leni by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,361CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Leni (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#74216

Leni (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LeniCanadaGirls#75039
LeniEngland & WalesGirls#51478
LeniEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
LeniIrelandGirls#7184
LeniNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
LeniNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LeniScotlandGirls#4746
LeniUSGirls#1,173197
LeniUSBoys—too few