How Many People Are Named Lenin?

1,685

people named Lenin are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 202,839 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,727 babies named Lenin in Social Security records from 1925 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,519

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,778

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Peak Year

2018

83 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.3%
Male
99.7%

Almost all of the babies given the name Lenin (99.7%) were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Lenin alive today is about 18 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 27 in 2025.

Under 30 1,338
79.5%
30 to 59 346
20.5%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Lenin first appears in the records in 1925 and was given most often in 2018, to 83 babies. In 2025, 43 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1925 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Lenin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,828, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #2,910.

Boys
Rank in 2025#2,910
Best rank#1,828 (2018)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,429 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Lenin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Lenin were born in California than in any other state: about 348 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lenin was given 3.9 times as often in New York, 3.7 times in California and 1.9 times in Texas.

California 348
New York 172
Texas 140
Illinois 14
Florida 11
Arizona 8
Colorado 5
Georgia 5
Tennessee 5

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