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Leni

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Leni is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 187 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1870.01% of girls
Peak year
2023201 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1938
1,738people given the name
Babies named Leni, by year of birthgirls
06312518825018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,738 girls have been named Leni in the United States since 1938, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 201 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2020s alone account for 43%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Leni
1930s11
1940s132
1950s89
1960s62
1970s40
1980s35
1990s7
2000s117
2010s500
2020s745

In 2023, its biggest year

Leni was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Leni

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.