Lennie

Lennie was the #2,542 girls' name in the US in 2025 (69 babies), and #1,197 in England & Wales and #1,218 in Canada.

Lennie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lennie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Lennie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,542 (69)#1,197 (27)#1,218 (21)
2024#3,119 (51)#1,302 (25)#2,445 (8)
2023#2,646 (66)#1,325 (24)#1,419 (16)
2022#4,472 (31)#1,948 (14)#1,989 (10)
2021#5,573 (22)#2,201 (12)#1,681 (13)
2020#5,667 (21)#2,449 (10)#3,251 (5)
2019#6,698 (17)#2,286 (11)#2,872 (6)
2018#6,248 (19)#2,499 (10)#3,286 (5)
2017#5,821 (21)#3,229 (7)—
2016#11,781 (8)#1,834 (16)—
2015#10,148 (10)#4,736 (4)—
2014#14,558 (6)#2,314 (11)—
2013—#5,742 (3)—
2012#14,962 (6)#5,876 (3)#3,334 (5)
2011—#5,785 (3)—

Lennie as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Lennie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandUS
Lennie as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. 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 IrelandIreland
2025#8,910 (8)#237 (210)#367 (9)#395 (3)#577 (5)
2024#10,938 (6)#255 (186)#535 (5)—#350 (11)
2023—#224 (217)#614 (4)—#516 (6)
2022—#230 (212)#472 (6)#311 (5)#429 (8)
2021#12,146 (5)#299 (157)#533 (5)—#631 (4)
2020#12,022 (5)#482 (80)———
2019#8,889 (8)#414 (102)———
2018—#449 (91)———
2017#8,140 (9)#462 (89)———
2016#12,185 (5)#597 (60)———
2015#12,086 (5)#586 (63)———
2014#8,130 (9)#544 (67)———
2013—#647 (52)———
2012#9,709 (7)#654 (52)———
2011#10,808 (6)#852 (34)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1891 at #355.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 90% of US babies named Lennie were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 23,000 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 23,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lennie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,100 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lennie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: #490UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Lennie (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
Quebec2025#5917

Lennie (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
LennieCanadaGirls#1,21821
LennieEngland & WalesGirls#1,19727
LennieEngland & WalesBoys#237210
LennieIrelandBoys#5775
LennieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LennieNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
LennieScotlandBoys#3679
LennieUSGirls#2,54269
LennieUSBoys#8,9108