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Lennie

#2,557 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Diminutive of Leonard

Lennie has been given to 7,725 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #2,557 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1915, with 123 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% girls, 37% boys all-time.

Babies named Lennie, 2025

1 in 48,000

Lennie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Lennie over time

In 2025, Lennie went to 90% girls and 10% boys.

18802025

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.

Lennie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Leonard

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lennie means

Lennie is a diminutive of Leonard.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Lennie → Leonard. The family’s meaning is “lion”, recorded in English with the source elements leo.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Leonard.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,835 girls were recorded with the name Lennie between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 123 in 1915; its best national rank was #354 in 1884.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,762 in 2020 to #2,557 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,552 in 2015 to #2,557 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,890 boys were recorded with the name Lennie between 1882 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 82 in 1957; its best national rank was #701 in 1889.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,271 in 2020 to #9,374 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,246 in 2015 to #9,374 in 2025.

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 Lennie?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 48,000
69 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 23,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,557
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
33,304 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lennie 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 2025 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 33,304 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lennie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lennies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lennie was born before 1924 — so the typical Lennie is around 101 today.

Median birth year
1924
About 101 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
18.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.4%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,093
People you could plausibly meet
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1910s — 18.0% of all recorded uses (869).

Is Lennie 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
+591
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,205
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+7,995
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
6.90×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
56.1%
Peak was 1915 (123)
Years since peak
110
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
38.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#354
1884

Spellings of Lennie

Lennie is not the most common spelling — Annie is, with 17.3% against Lennie's 0.23%.

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.

Where Lennie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lennie was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 55,584 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 11,111
  2. 2Alabama1 in 14,286
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 16,667
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 20,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in 33,333
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 33,333
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 33,333
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lennie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Lennie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Lennie was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 369,574 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 100,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in —
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Kentucky1 in —
  8. 8Louisiana1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Lennie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lennie around the world

Where Lennie 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
    1997–2025
    #1,197
    in 2025
  • France
    1982–2025
    #1,327
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2018–2024
    #2,256
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1973–1973
    #695
    in 1973

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, 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. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Lennie

People whose public names include Lennie, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Lennie in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Lennie. Linked forms have their own page here.

LeniLenniLennyRennieLenie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Lennie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,557
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,205
Best rank ever
#354
1884
Peak year
1915
123 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,835
Count in 2025
69

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,374
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,897
Best rank ever
#701
1889
Peak year
1957
82 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,890
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Lennie

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

LennoxLennaLennonJohnieSydnieJoaniePennieJonnieMarnieVonnieLenoreLonnieVinnieLinnieRonnieLennynSunnieBennieDannieLaynieLeonieLenoraDelanieMelonie

Names with a curve like Lennie

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Lennie, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

EstaVallieLovieElmiraVinaLydaPinkieEdaEraRayVivaOna

Sibling names for Lennie

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

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