How Many People Are Named Len?
people named Len are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 127,057 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,616 babies named Len in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
125 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of LEONARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Len, 3% were girls and 97% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Len alive today is about 57 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Len first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1958, to 125 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Len has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #514, in 1885. In 2025 it ranked #9,373.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,373 |
| Best rank | #514 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #797 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Len alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Len were born in California than in any other state: about 157 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Len was given about 2.7 times as often in California, Georgia and Illinois.
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