Lenis
The Story of Lenis
As a girl name
Lenis first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1928, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 9 births, good for #10,690 nationwide. About 51% of every Lenis on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Lenis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Lenis as a boy name dates back to 1917, when 7 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Lenis — #3,014 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Lenis on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Lenis last appeared in the published SSA data in 1972, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 170 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Lenis
Lenis is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 170 births in the dataset. Lenis's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #3,014. Use the chart and map above to compare Lenis'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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