Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Lenny” in the USA?

Number of people named “Lenny” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Lenny” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Lenny” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Lenny” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Lenny” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Lenny” by birth year

This chart shows how “Lenny” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 5 0.000002099 5 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 -100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 -100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 -100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 -100%
1939 22 0.000009984 22 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 26 0.000010671 26 -100%
1942 32 0.000011714 32 -100%
1943 49 0.00001736 7 42 -71%
1944 56 0.000020817 9 47 -68%
1945 56 0.000021109 56 -100%
1946 81 0.00002535 12 69 -70%
1947 78 0.000021653 10 68 -74%
1948 87 0.000025199 10 77 -77%
1949 59 0.000016931 59 -100%
1950 49 0.000013987 49 -100%
1951 55 0.00001493 8 47 -71%
1952 69 0.000018167 7 62 -80%
1953 77 0.000019981 6 71 -84%
1954 95 0.000023865 6 89 -87%
1955 96 0.00002391 5 91 -90%
1956 121 0.000029347 10 111 -83%
1957 162 0.000038552 5 157 -94%
1958 153 0.000037011 153 -100%
1959 172 0.000041366 8 164 -91%
1960 209 0.000050315 12 197 -89%
1961 206 0.000049731 7 199 -93%
1962 183 0.000045349 7 176 -92%
1963 180 0.000045475 6 174 -93%
1964 152 0.000039099 152 -100%
1965 137 0.000037788 5 132 -93%
1966 132 0.000037978 132 -100%
1967 118 0.000034758 118 -100%
1968 119 0.000035224 119 -100%
1969 122 0.000035105 7 115 -89%
1970 123 0.000034105 5 118 -92%
1971 121 0.000035253 121 -100%
1972 117 0.000037226 9 108 -85%
1973 97 0.000032152 7 90 -86%
1974 91 0.000029934 91 -100%
1975 155 0.000051335 14 141 -82%
1976 150 0.000049435 11 139 -85%
1977 130 0.000040926 130 -100%
1978 118 0.000037179 118 -100%
1979 142 0.000042681 6 136 -92%
1980 95 0.00002758 95 -100%
1981 77 0.000022258 77 -100%
1982 103 0.000029362 5 98 -90%
1983 77 0.000022233 5 72 -87%
1984 43 0.000012325 43 -100%
1985 60 0.000016811 8 52 -73%
1986 66 0.000018555 66 -100%
1987 61 0.000016918 61 -100%
1988 48 0.00001299 48 -100%
1989 53 0.000013786 53 -100%
1990 62 0.000015686 7 55 -77%
1991 70 0.000017971 8 62 -77%
1992 43 0.000011194 43 -100%
1993 69 0.000018301 8 61 -77%
1994 61 0.000016408 5 56 -84%
1995 66 0.000018022 13 53 -61%
1996 38 0.000010419 5 33 -74%
1997 32 0.000008826 5 27 -69%
1998 62 0.000016856 5 57 -84%
1999 48 0.000012995 48 -100%
2000 62 0.000016403 62 -100%
2001 64 0.000017097 64 -100%
2002 92 0.00002461 11 81 -76%
2003 67 0.000017621 7 60 -79%
2004 91 0.000023816 10 81 -78%
2005 88 0.000022888 88 -100%
2006 114 0.000028816 10 104 -82%
2007 105 0.000026265 6 99 -89%
2008 111 0.000028239 9 102 -84%
2009 105 0.000027486 7 98 -87%
2010 153 0.000041399 9 144 -88%
2011 144 0.000039368 5 139 -93%
2012 119 0.000032537 119 -100%
2013 120 0.000032916 6 114 -90%
2014 103 0.00002779 7 96 -86%
2015 178 0.000048096 13 165 -85%
2016 134 0.000036525 12 122 -82%
2017 119 0.000033276 23 96 -61%
2018 119 0.000033846 25 94 -58%
2019 129 0.000037166 24 105 -63%
2020 123 0.00003682 27 96 -56%
2021 155 0.00004575 42 113 -46%
2022 165 0.000048771 43 122 -48%
2023 183 0.000055267 50 133 -45%
2024 193 0.000057984 56 137 -42%

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