Lenia
Lenia is a family of cellular automata created by Bert Wang-Chak Chan. It is intended to be a continuous generalization of Conway's Game of Life, with continuous states, space and time.
Meaning & Origin of Lenia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lenia is a family of cellular automata created by Bert Wang-Chak Chan. It is intended to be a continuous generalization of Conway's Game of Life, with continuous states, space and time.
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The Story of Lenia
Lenia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1918, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 15 Lenias were born — ranking #7,868 that year. As of 2026, Lenia ranks #16,513 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 147 Lenias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Lenia
Lenia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 147 births in the dataset. Lenia's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #7,868. Use the chart and map above to compare Lenia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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