Lennie
Pet form of Leonard, a Germanic name joining a word for lion with hard, meaning brave; the Frankish saint Leonard of Noblac carried it through medieval Europe.
Lennie in 2025
Lennie was given to 77 babies in the United States in 2025 — 8 boys and 69 girls, making it the 4,249th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 43,056 babies born.
The history of Lennie
Lennie reached its highest point in 1921, when 147 babies were given the name, ranking 1,097th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 577th, in 1887.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 7,725 babies have been named Lennie. Half of them were born before 1938, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Lennie by decade
| Decade | Babies named Lennie | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 275 | 577 |
| 1890s | 463 | 585 |
| 1900s | 558 | 639 |
| 1910s | 1,029 | 772 |
| 1920s | 957 | 1,097 |
| 1930s | 680 | 1,311 |
| 1940s | 808 | 1,364 |
| 1950s | 925 | 1,580 |
| 1960s | 746 | 1,774 |
| 1970s | 458 | 2,393 |
| 1980s | 232 | 4,270 |
| 1990s | 105 | 8,057 |
| 2000s | 54 | 13,828 |
| 2010s | 151 | 7,936 |
| 2020s | 284 | 4,249 |
Where Lennie is heading
Lennie has grown more than 5.1 times over the past decade, from 15 babies in 2015 to 77 in 2025.
Names like Lennie
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Lennie.