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Lenox

#1,356 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Lennox

Lenox has been given to 2,598 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #1,356 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 174 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Lenox, 2025

1 in 23,900

Lenox over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Lenox went to 13% girls and 87% boys.

19122025

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.

Lenox: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Lennox

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lenox means

Lenox is a variant of Lennox.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Lenox → Lennox. The family’s proposed meaning is “place of elms”, recorded in the naming reference for Lennox.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lennox.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,104 boys were recorded with the name Lenox between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 174 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,181 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,220 in 2020 to #1,356 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,776 in 2015 to #1,356 in 2025.

In the United States, 494 girls were recorded with the name Lenox between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 54 in 2015; its best national rank was #3,111 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,581 in 2020 to #5,834 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,111 in 2015 to #5,834 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.

How common is Lenox?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 23,900
139 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 12,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,356
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,533 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lenox sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,533 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lenox. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lenoxs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lenox was born before 2019 — so the typical Lenox is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
43.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,942
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Choose a decade

2020s — 43.3% of all recorded uses (911).

Is Lenox 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
+202
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−136
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+420
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.62×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
79.9%
Peak was 2023 (174)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,181
2023

Spellings of Lenox

Lenox is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 34.8% against Lenox's 0.28%.

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 Lenox is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Lenox was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 4,545 boys, against 1 in 12,959 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 50,000).

222 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 4,545
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in 6,250
  3. 3New York1 in 6,250
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 7,143
  5. 5Florida1 in 11,111
  6. 6Ohio1 in 12,500
  7. 7Connecticut1 in 14,286
  8. 8Michigan1 in 14,286

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.

Where Lenox is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Lenox was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 958,984 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Michigan1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Tennessee1 in —

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. Lenox has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Lenox around the world

Where Lenox 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
    2006–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Lenox

People whose public names include Lenox, 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.

Lenox by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,356
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 136
Best rank ever
#1,181
2023
Peak year
2023
174 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,104
Count in 2025
139

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,834
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,253
Best rank ever
#3,111
2015
Peak year
2015
54 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
494
Count in 2025
21

Names similar to Lenox

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

LennoxLeninLennieLennyLenoLennonLenyxLenordLenixLennixLenLenardLennisLenonLenninLenzyLenwoodLentonLendonLennardLenellLennLennexLennyx

Names with a curve like Lenox

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

LyamArhamCaiusBowieKaiusAtharvCartierKnowledgeKarsynBastianZayanGranger

Sibling names for Lenox

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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