Leni Girl
How popular is Leni?
#1,173 girl name in 2025
197 baby girls were named Leni in the US in 2025, making it the 1173rd most popular girl name.
Leni popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,173 for girls (▲ 69 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 197 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+393% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,766 in 2015, #1,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (201 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,173 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1938 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Leni counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Leni family of names ranked #741 for girls in 2025 (#778 the year before), with 348 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Leni | 197 | 57% |
| Lennie | 69 | 20% |
| Lenni | 46 | 13% |
| Leani | 15 | 4% |
| Leanny | 15 | 4% |
| Leanni | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Leni is most popular
Babies named Leni per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 1.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.5 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- South Dakota: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Iowa: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Leni by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 11 | #3,845 |
| 1940s | 132 | #2,286 |
| 1950s | 89 | #2,936 |
| 1960s | 62 | #3,459 |
| 1970s | 40 | #6,338 |
| 1980s | 35 | #8,177 |
| 1990s | 7 | #10,263 |
| 2000s | 117 | #4,481 |
| 2010s | 500 | #1,919 |
| 2020s | 942 | #1,173 |
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Questions
- Is Leni a boy or girl name?
- Leni is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Leni were girls.
- How popular is the name Leni?
- 197 baby girls were named Leni in the US in 2025, making it the 1173rd most popular girl name.
- When was Leni most popular?
- Leni peaked in 2023, when 201 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,173 in 2025.
- How many people are named Leni?
- 1,962 babies have been named Leni in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,871 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Leni most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Leni was most common in North Dakota, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.