Leny

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Lene

Leny has been given to 103 babies in the U.S. since 2003. 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 2006, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.

Babies named Leny, 2022

1 in 484,000

Leny over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2023, Leny went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19902023

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.

Leny: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Lene

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Leny means

Leny is a variant of Lene.

Origin, language, and formation

Leny is used in Norwegian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Lene.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 70 boys were recorded with the name Leny between 2003 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2006; its best national rank was #9,233 in 2006.

In the United States, 33 girls were recorded with the name Leny between 1990 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1990; its best national rank was #12,227 in 1990.

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.

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How common is Leny?

Leny had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 484,000; 7 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 249,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 335,262 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Leny 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 2022 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 335,262 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Leny. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lenys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Leny was born before 2009 — so the typical Leny is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 57.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 70; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 57.1% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Leny 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 2006 (8)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,233; 2006

Spellings of Leny

Leny is not the most common spelling — Henry is, with 23.7% against Leny's <0.01%.

Henry23.7%768,945
Leo8.0%259,988
Tony7.8%251,595
Glenn7.7%248,642
Lee7.2%233,627
Levi6.6%215,013
Leroy6.2%200,981
Leon5.6%182,638

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.

Leny around the world

Where Leny 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
2015–2015
#4,747
in 2015
France
1966–2025
#494
in 2025
Canada
2019–2019
#2,943
in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Leny by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,233; 2006
Peak year: 2006; 8 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 70
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,227; 1990
Peak year: 1990; 6 that year
First recorded: 1990
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 33
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Leny

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

Lens Lenier Beny Leniel Lenix Lenyx Lenus Lennyn Lenoxx Lennyx Leni Lennex Leno Leng Lena Lenvil Lenis Lensky Lennin Lenyn Deny Lenn Lendel Lenzo

Sibling names for Leny

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

Taniya Melia Jazmyne Jayna Nyasia Tayla Estefany Sanaa

For a brother

Paulo Yair Tye Deshaun Oswaldo Nathen Britton Mauro

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