How Many People Are Named Lenny?
people named Lenny are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 43,852 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,035 babies named Lenny in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
209 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 Lenny in English. Counting Lenny and these spellings together, about 10,904 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Lenny, 8.9% were girls and 91.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Lenny rose from 0% in the 1930s to 27.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lenny alive today is about 37 years old, and 43% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lenny first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1960, to 209 babies. In 2025, 189 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lenny has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #556, in 1961. In 2025 it ranked #1,419.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,419 |
| Best rank | #556 (1961) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #628 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lenny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lenny were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,242 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lenny was given 4.2 times as often in New York, 2.1 times in New Jersey and 1.9 times in California.
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