Lennie
Lenny or Lennie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lennie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lenny or Lennie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lennie
As a girl name
American parents first put Lennie on the record books as a girl name in 1880, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 123 Lennies were born — ranking #586 that year. As of 2026, Lennie ranks #2,661 for girls with 65 births, rising sharply (+173% over the past five years). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Lennie as a boy name dates back to 1882, when 6 babies received it. 1957 was its biggest year on record, with 82 newborns named Lennie — #835 in the national rankings. About 20% of every Lennie on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Lennie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Lennie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lennie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Lennie
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About the name Lennie
Lennie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Lennie's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #349. Use the chart and map above to compare Lennie'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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