Meaning not yet researched.
Lennon: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,421 in 2025. Its best rank was #214 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 82% of babies named Lennon in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#214 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Lennon: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,421 girls in 2025. Peak: #214 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 1,421 (2025).
In 2025, 1,421 US girls were named Lennon, making it the 214th most common girls’ name of the year, up 21 places from #235 in 2024. That is 101 more than the 1,320 girls named Lennon in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #214, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,421. For comparison, it was #518 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 308 US boys were named Lennon, making it the 808th most common boys’ name of the year, down 22 places from #786 in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 320 boys named Lennon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #596, reached in 2016. That year also had the most boys given the name: 451. For comparison, it was #609 in 2015 and #2,383 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lennon in 105 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1913 with 5 babies. In all, 20,579 US babies have been given the name, 61% of them girls and 39% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 9,828 babies named Lennon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,565 US girls were named Lennon; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,421. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,131 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lennon ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #31 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 8 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Lenin (1,727 babies since 1880) and Lennyn (930 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lenon, Lennin and Lynnon are summarised on this page.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lenon (518), Lennin (297), Lynnon (159), Lennan (151), Lenyn (50), Lynnen (26), Lennen (17).
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 Lennon in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 8 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 19 | #31 | #168 |
| South Dakota | 15 | #58 | #204 |
| Maine | 15 | #63 | #132 |
| Nebraska | 25 | #74 | #145 |
| New Hampshire | 14 | #85 | — |
| Minnesota | 56 | #91 | #313 |
| Wisconsin | 50 | #95 | #319 |
| Iowa | 31 | #99 | #168 |
| Tennessee | 58 | #128 | #456 |
| Idaho | 16 | #129 | — |
| Michigan | 61 | #138 | #301 |
| Utah | 32 | #141 | #357 |
| Pennsylvania | 74 | #148 | #568 |
| Kansas | 21 | #159 | #390 |
| Missouri | 38 | #163 | #457 |
| Indiana | 41 | #168 | #433 |
| West Virginia | 10 | #169 | — |
| Ohio | 66 | #169 | #332 |
| Illinois | 58 | #172 | #569 |
| Maryland | 29 | #179 | #407 |
| Arizona | 36 | #185 | #552 |
| Mississippi | 14 | #190 | #633 |
| Arkansas | 16 | #191 | — |
| Kentucky | 24 | #200 | #305 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | #202 | #451 |
| Washington | 36 | #204 | #678 |
| North Carolina | 49 | #222 | #695 |
| Massachusetts | 25 | #230 | #650 |
| Montana | 5 | #237 | #249 |
| Colorado | 27 | #239 | #303 |
| Virginia | 34 | #242 | #612 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #256 | #410 |
| Alabama | 19 | #257 | #664 |
| Oregon | 14 | #266 | #333 |
| Louisiana | 16 | #283 | #516 |
| Georgia | 35 | #299 | #798 |
| Nevada | 9 | #314 | #602 |
| New York | 49 | #346 | #1,179 |
| Florida | 53 | #347 | #850 |
| New Jersey | 21 | #383 | #1,121 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #430 | — |
| Texas | 74 | #452 | #642 |
| California | 72 | #470 | #815 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,421 | #214 | 308 | #808 |
| 2024 | 1,320 | #235 | 320 | #786 |
| 2023 | 1,258 | #243 | 345 | #756 |
| 2022 | 1,318 | #228 | 412 | #663 |
| 2021 | 1,278 | #238 | 401 | #673 |
| 2020 | 1,078 | #299 | 369 | #691 |
| 2019 | 800 | #388 | 346 | #712 |
| 2018 | 728 | #436 | 369 | #677 |
| 2017 | 710 | #445 | 381 | #667 |
| 2016 | 654 | #479 | 451 | #596 |
| 2015 | 606 | #518 | 442 | #609 |
| 2014 | 404 | #697 | 359 | #695 |
| 2013 | 273 | #932 | 294 | #769 |
| 2012 | 134 | #1,619 | 271 | #816 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,764 | 303 | #747 |
| 2010 | 81 | #2,355 | 221 | #916 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,817 | 211 | #955 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,765 | 199 | #990 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,635 | 179 | #1,052 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,217 | 132 | #1,269 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,535 | 104 | #1,427 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,559 | 98 | #1,438 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,429 | 99 | #1,370 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,938 | 74 | #1,629 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,830 | 79 | #1,536 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,568 | 47 | #2,159 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,655 | 39 | #2,320 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,691 | 24 | #3,253 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,743 | 44 | #2,049 |
| 1996 | 7 | #11,270 | 41 | #2,097 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,217 | 40 | #2,075 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,737 | 20 | #3,411 |
| 1993 | — | — | 30 | #2,488 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,538 | 21 | #3,171 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,413 | 25 | #2,723 |
| 1990 | — | — | 17 | #3,545 |
| 1989 | — | — | 16 | #3,542 |
| 1988 | — | — | 25 | #2,408 |
| 1987 | — | — | 23 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 5 | #11,959 | 23 | #2,398 |
| 1985 | — | — | 17 | #2,899 |
| 1984 | — | — | 26 | #2,075 |
| 1983 | — | — | 22 | #2,312 |
| 1982 | — | — | 22 | #2,310 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,796 | 48 | #1,365 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #3,040 |
| 1979 | — | — | 9 | #4,261 |
| 1978 | — | — | 15 | #2,870 |
| 1977 | — | — | 10 | #3,747 |
| 1976 | — | — | 12 | #3,181 |
| 1975 | — | — | 11 | #3,348 |
| 1974 | — | — | 12 | #3,058 |
| 1973 | — | — | 13 | #2,802 |
| 1972 | — | — | 14 | #2,607 |
| 1971 | — | — | 13 | #2,757 |
| 1970 | — | — | 12 | #2,815 |
| 1969 | — | — | 21 | #1,841 |
| 1968 | — | — | 20 | #1,810 |
| 1967 | — | — | 16 | #2,003 |
| 1966 | — | — | 6 | #3,756 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1964 | — | — | 8 | #3,176 |
| 1963 | — | — | 10 | #2,784 |
| 1962 | — | — | 8 | #3,188 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,486 |
| 1960 | — | — | 15 | #2,170 |
| 1959 | — | — | 6 | #3,835 |
| 1958 | — | — | 12 | #2,448 |
| 1957 | — | — | 12 | #2,439 |
| 1956 | — | — | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1955 | — | — | 17 | #1,942 |
| 1954 | — | — | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1953 | — | — | 10 | #2,637 |
| 1952 | — | — | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1951 | — | — | 14 | #2,105 |
| 1950 | — | — | 11 | #2,383 |
| 1949 | — | — | 14 | #2,076 |
| 1948 | — | — | 13 | #2,177 |
| 1947 | — | — | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1946 | — | — | 15 | #1,924 |
| 1945 | — | — | 8 | #2,668 |
| 1944 | — | — | 11 | #2,262 |
| 1943 | — | — | 10 | #2,485 |
| 1942 | — | — | 9 | #2,625 |
| 1941 | — | — | 10 | #2,423 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,593 |
| 1938 | — | — | 14 | #1,942 |
| 1937 | — | — | 8 | #2,799 |
| 1936 | — | — | 9 | #2,548 |
| 1935 | — | — | 10 | #2,473 |
| 1933 | — | — | 9 | #2,649 |
| 1932 | — | — | 5 | #4,067 |
| 1930 | — | — | 9 | #2,904 |
| 1929 | — | — | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1928 | — | — | 7 | #3,560 |
| 1927 | — | — | 6 | #4,004 |
| 1926 | — | — | 5 | #4,551 |
| 1925 | — | — | 12 | #2,526 |
| 1924 | — | — | 12 | #2,563 |
| 1922 | — | — | 12 | #2,572 |
| 1921 | — | — | 5 | #4,693 |
| 1920 | — | — | 9 | #3,093 |
| 1919 | — | — | 8 | #3,269 |
| 1918 | — | — | 8 | #3,261 |
| 1913 | — | — | 5 | #3,068 |
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).