How Many People Are Named Lennie?
people named Lennie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 109,898 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,725 babies named Lennie 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
147 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of LEONARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lennie in English. Counting Lennie and these spellings together, about 10,904 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lennie, 45% were girls and 55.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 85.1% of the babies were girls then and 91.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lennie alive today is about 55 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lennie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 147 babies. In 2025, 77 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lennie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #354, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #2,557. Among boys, its best rank was #701, in 1889.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,557 | #9,374 |
| Best rank | #354 (1884) | #701 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #644 in the 1910s | #964 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lennie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lennie were born in California than in any other state: about 68 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lennie was given 5.7 times as often in Mississippi, 4.9 times in Tennessee and 4.6 times in Alabama.
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