Lenny
Lenny was the 1419th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 128 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 556th with 199 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 275 places. More babies were named Lenny in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,419 boys, up 249 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 128boys
- Girls and boys
- 28% girls, 72% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1961199 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,035babies recorded
Lenny popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,799 | #1,419 | 61 | 128 |
| 2020 | #4,832 | #1,668 | 27 | 96 |
| 2010 | #11,828 | #1,229 | 9 | 144 |
| 2000 | — | #1,775 | — | 62 |
| 1990 | #10,873 | #1,541 | 7 | 55 |
| 1980 | — | #914 | — | 95 |
| 1970 | #8,715 | #760 | 5 | 118 |
| 1960 | #3,818 | #561 | 12 | 197 |
| 1950 | — | #998 | — | 49 |
| 1940 | — | #1,118 | — | 35 |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | #3,676 | — | 7 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Lenny, counting every spelling?
Lenny is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,346 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,419 for Lenny on its own. Together these spellings went to 128 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenny | 128 | #1,419 | 633 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lenny?
128 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lenny (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Lenny born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 66 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lenny.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lenny?
About 7,000 people born in the US named Lenny are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 15 and 60. That makes Lenny mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lenny by state
How common Lenny was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (1.9×), Washington (1.8×). In 36 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lenny: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lenny, they share its era and feel.
Lenny is also a nickname for Leonard.
Questions about the name Lenny
How popular is the name Lenny?
Lenny was the 1419th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 128 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 556th with 199 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 275 places. More babies were named Lenny in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Lenny a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 28% girls, 72% boys given the name Lenny in the US.
Where is Lenny most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lenny was most common in New York (0.14 per 1,000 boys), followed by Washington and California.