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Baby name
Lenny
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8% girls / 92% boys
Origin of the name
Lenny is a pet form of Leonard, a Germanic name made of “lion” and “strong.”
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Classic name
8,299births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 555rank at its peak, in 1961
Where babies named Lenny are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lenny is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lenny is most common in New York (4.1 times), New Jersey (2.2) and California (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Rising name
736births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 2778rank at its peak, in 2025
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0% | 100% |
| 1920s | 0% | 100% |
| 1930s | 0% | 100% |
| 1940s | 9% | 91% |
| 1950s | 5% | 95% |
| 1960s | 3% | 97% |
| 1970s | 4% | 96% |
| 1980s | 3% | 97% |
| 1990s | 10% | 90% |
| 2000s | 7% | 93% |
| 2010s | 9% | 91% |
| 2020s | 28% | 72% |