Lenn
Lenn is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Lenn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lenn is a name with a single cultural origin: Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Lenn
The earliest SSA record of Lenn as a baby boy name dates back to 1913, when 6 babies received it. 1956 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Lenn — #1,884 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Lenn on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Lenn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 515 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lenn
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About the name Lenn
Lenn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 515 births in the dataset. Lenn's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #1,884. Use the chart and map above to compare Lenn'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.