Meaning not yet researched.
Len: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8 in 2025. Its best rank was #514 in 1885.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #514 in 1885; #9,377 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Len in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#9,377 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1885, at #514.
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Len: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8 boys in 2025. Peak: #514 in 1885 · most boys in one year: 121 (1960).
In 2025, 8 US boys were named Len, making it the 9,377th most common boys’ name of the year, up 134 places from #9,511 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 8 boys named Len in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #514, reached in 1885. The most boys given the name in a single year was 121, in 1960. For comparison, it was #6,918 in 2015 and #841 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Len in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 7 babies. In all, 4,616 US babies have been given the name, 2.2% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 926 babies named Len.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 90 US boys were named Len; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 12. In 2025 that was about 1 in 213,510 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Lenny (9,035 babies since 1880), Lynn (234,778 babies since 1880), Leon (184,074 babies since 1880) and Leann (24,363 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Len in the open dataset we use.
Len is listed as a nickname for Jalen, Leonard.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 8 | #9,377 |
| 2024 | — | — | 8 | #9,511 |
| 2023 | — | — | 12 | #7,128 |
| 2022 | — | — | 11 | #7,547 |
| 2021 | — | — | 7 | #10,356 |
| 2020 | — | — | 7 | #10,178 |
| 2019 | — | — | 9 | #8,608 |
| 2018 | — | — | 10 | #7,935 |
| 2017 | — | — | 8 | #9,365 |
| 2016 | — | — | 10 | #7,923 |
| 2015 | — | — | 12 | #6,918 |
| 2014 | — | — | 15 | #5,891 |
| 2013 | — | — | 8 | #9,317 |
| 2012 | — | — | 14 | #6,195 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,500 |
| 2010 | — | — | 13 | #6,582 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #7,074 |
| 2008 | — | — | 5 | #13,766 |
| 2007 | — | — | 10 | #7,944 |
| 2006 | — | — | 12 | #6,730 |
| 2005 | — | — | 11 | #6,914 |
| 2004 | — | — | 9 | #7,927 |
| 2003 | — | — | 10 | #7,039 |
| 2002 | — | — | 5 | #11,760 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #8,014 |
| 2000 | — | — | 12 | #5,770 |
| 1999 | — | — | 8 | #7,571 |
| 1998 | — | — | 10 | #6,120 |
| 1997 | — | — | 12 | #5,151 |
| 1996 | — | — | 13 | #4,783 |
| 1995 | — | — | 13 | #4,687 |
| 1994 | — | — | 10 | #5,722 |
| 1993 | — | — | 9 | #6,037 |
| 1992 | — | — | 9 | #5,933 |
| 1991 | — | — | 15 | #3,940 |
| 1990 | — | — | 14 | #4,105 |
| 1989 | — | — | 20 | #3,043 |
| 1988 | — | — | 15 | #3,454 |
| 1987 | — | — | 21 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | — | — | 18 | #2,848 |
| 1985 | — | — | 24 | #2,266 |
| 1984 | — | — | 16 | #2,895 |
| 1983 | — | — | 23 | #2,249 |
| 1982 | — | — | 22 | #2,309 |
| 1981 | — | — | 23 | #2,243 |
| 1980 | — | — | 26 | #2,087 |
| 1979 | — | — | 29 | #1,891 |
| 1978 | — | — | 27 | #1,901 |
| 1977 | — | — | 30 | #1,763 |
| 1976 | — | — | 44 | #1,340 |
| 1975 | — | — | 32 | #1,611 |
| 1974 | — | — | 38 | #1,401 |
| 1973 | — | — | 55 | #1,102 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,994 | 54 | #1,116 |
| 1971 | — | — | 71 | #971 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,711 | 114 | #773 |
| 1969 | — | — | 89 | #818 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,635 | 85 | #806 |
| 1967 | — | — | 71 | #852 |
| 1966 | — | — | 71 | #868 |
| 1965 | — | — | 77 | #842 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,513 | 90 | #795 |
| 1963 | — | — | 89 | #805 |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,107 | 94 | #789 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,607 | 109 | #739 |
| 1960 | — | — | 121 | #713 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,480 | 96 | #783 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,789 | 119 | #690 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,731 | 94 | #775 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,652 | 79 | #845 |
| 1955 | — | — | 77 | #841 |
| 1954 | — | — | 70 | #883 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,421 | 78 | #817 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,728 | 92 | #736 |
| 1951 | — | — | 58 | #925 |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,156 | 66 | #841 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,662 | 56 | #931 |
| 1948 | — | — | 76 | #787 |
| 1947 | — | — | 83 | #757 |
| 1946 | — | — | 65 | #815 |
| 1945 | — | — | 54 | #857 |
| 1944 | — | — | 49 | #913 |
| 1943 | — | — | 44 | #1,013 |
| 1942 | — | — | 37 | #1,129 |
| 1941 | — | — | 49 | #913 |
| 1940 | — | — | 47 | #935 |
| 1939 | — | — | 43 | #964 |
| 1938 | — | — | 38 | #1,054 |
| 1937 | — | — | 34 | #1,138 |
| 1936 | — | — | 32 | #1,176 |
| 1935 | — | — | 38 | #1,052 |
| 1934 | — | — | 34 | #1,141 |
| 1933 | — | — | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,774 | 39 | #1,082 |
| 1931 | — | — | 38 | #1,109 |
| 1930 | — | — | 36 | #1,185 |
| 1929 | — | — | 32 | #1,254 |
| 1928 | — | — | 36 | #1,203 |
| 1927 | — | — | 24 | #1,582 |
| 1926 | — | — | 28 | #1,394 |
| 1925 | — | — | 29 | #1,379 |
| 1924 | — | — | 26 | #1,515 |
| 1923 | — | — | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1922 | — | — | 32 | #1,299 |
| 1921 | — | — | 33 | #1,287 |
| 1920 | — | — | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1919 | — | — | 31 | #1,288 |
| 1918 | — | — | 34 | #1,205 |
| 1917 | — | — | 34 | #1,161 |
| 1916 | — | — | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1915 | — | — | 28 | #1,254 |
| 1914 | — | — | 20 | #1,371 |
| 1913 | — | — | 22 | #1,096 |
| 1912 | — | — | 24 | #926 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,344 |
| 1910 | — | — | 10 | #1,085 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #930 |
| 1907 | — | — | 14 | #724 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #663 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #774 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #851 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #823 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #832 |
| 1900 | — | — | 10 | #877 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #911 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #950 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,016 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #612 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #827 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #977 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #913 |
| 1890 | — | — | 11 | #622 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #934 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #677 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #716 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #912 |
| 1885 | — | — | 14 | #514 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #641 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #619 |
| 1882 | — | — | 9 | #678 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #547 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #780 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).