NameTides

Lenny

Lenny was the #1,418 boys' name in the US in 2025 (128 babies), and #141 in England & Wales and #741 in Canada.

Lenny as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • VIC
Lenny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandScotlandCanadaUS
Lenny as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies 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.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Victoria publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaVIC
2025#1,418 (128)#141 (370)#495 (6)#237 (8)#223 (21)#741 (36)#67 (105)
2024#1,371 (137)#142 (382)#404 (8)#339 (4)#222 (20)#633 (43)#81 (96)
2023#1,390 (133)#140 (373)#321 (11)—#319 (13)#797 (31)#64 (95)
2022#1,479 (122)#153 (349)#590 (4)—#349 (12)#745 (34)#69 (98)
2021#1,546 (113)#153 (373)#720 (3)#433 (3)#279 (16)#739 (36)#70 (102)
2020#1,655 (96)#154 (344)#426 (7)#334 (4)—#925 (25)#81 (89)
2019#1,582 (105)#151 (369)#431 (7)—#352 (11)#941 (24)#94 (86)
2018#1,679 (94)#152 (372)#516 (5)#416 (3)#471 (7)#964 (23)—
2017#1,644 (96)#158 (360)#490 (6)#363 (4)#547 (5)#1,194 (17)—
2016#1,421 (122)#207 (271)#532 (5)——#1,069 (20)#100 (66)
2015#1,141 (165)#222 (253)#686 (3)—#615 (4)#847 (27)—
2014#1,619 (96)#213 (266)#680 (3)—#428 (8)#898 (25)#100 (61)
2013#1,433 (115)#248 (201)#590 (4)——#1,312 (14)—
2012#1,398 (119)#269 (174)——#718 (3)#966 (22)—
2011#1,244 (139)#265 (180)———#1,211 (16)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1961 at #555.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 32% of US babies named Lenny were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 730common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lenny is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lenny by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: 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: #1,119CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: 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: #1,277NCSouth 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: #1,555TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Lenny (boys) 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#24121
Ontario2024#1,03310

Lenny (boys): 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
LennyCanadaGirls#2,2829
LennyCanadaBoys#74136
LennyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LennyEngland & WalesBoys#141370
LennyIrelandBoys#22321
LennyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LennyNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
LennyScotlandBoys#4956
LennyUSGirls#2,77861
LennyUSBoys#1,418128
LennyVICBoys#67105