Lennell
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Lennell has been given to 143 babies in the U.S. since 1940. 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 1962, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.
Babies named Lennell, 1990
1 in 564,000
Lennell over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Lennell over time
In 1990, Lennell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Lennell?
Lennell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1990
- 1 in 564,000
- 7 of 3,949,959 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 293,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1990
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 391,130 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Lennell sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1990 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 391,130 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lennell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Lennells were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Lennell was born before 1963 — so the typical Lennell is around 62 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1960s
- 37.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 37.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 106
- People you could plausibly meet
1960s — 37.5% of all recorded uses (48).
Is Lennell 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 1962 (11)
- Years since peak
- 63
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 26.6% average annual change
Spellings of Lennell
Lennell is not the most common spelling — Wendell is, with 42.4% against Lennell's 0.10%.
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.
Lennell by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Lennell
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Lennell
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.