Lenka

Girls' name

Diminutive of Magdaléna

Lenka has been given to 82 babies in the U.S. since 1962. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2018, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Lenka, 2023

1 in 663,000

Lenka over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lenka: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Magdaléna

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lenka means

Lenka is a diminutive of Magdaléna.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Lenka is used in Czech and Slovak.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɛŋ.ka/ for Lenka.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Magdaléna, Helena and Lena.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Lenka is pronounced [ˈlɛŋka].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 82 girls were recorded with the name Lenka between 1962 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2018; its best national rank was #7,113 in 1962.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Lenka?

Lenka had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lenka sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lenka. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lenkas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lenka was born before 2014 — so the typical Lenka is around 11 today.

Median birth year: 2014; About 11 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 35.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 87.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 82; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 35.4% of all recorded uses (29).

Is Lenka rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2018 (10)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,113; 1962

Spellings of Lenka

Lenka is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 48.2% against Lenka's <0.01%.

Linda48.2%1,455,143
Jenna4.9%148,587
Lena4.9%146,479
Leona3.8%113,330
Glenda3.6%109,227
Elena3.6%108,013
Luna2.9%87,715
Lynda2.6%77,979

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lenka around the world

Where Lenka ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1999–2025
#4,201
in 2025
Ireland
2011–2022
#905
in 2022
France
1972–2025
#5,908
in 2025
Canada
2017–2021
#2,638
in 2021
South Australia
1991–2009
#818
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Lenka by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,113; 1962
Peak year: 2018; 10 that year
First recorded: 1962
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 82
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lenka

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lenix Lenia Lenyn Lenyx Lener Lennan Lenni Lenzi Lenis Lenzy Lenorah Lendy Lennyx Lenox Lenya Lenaya Lenah Lennex Lenola Lenay Lenea Lenoir Lenny Lency

Sibling names for Lenka

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Oaklyn Keily Zaylee Aislinn Khaleesi Emberly Avah Jemma

For a brother

Torin Kamryn Merrick Bilal Mordechai Zaid Brecken Joziah

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