Lenin Boy
How popular is Lenin?
#2,883 boy name in 2025
43 baby boys were named Lenin in the US in 2025, making it the 2883rd most popular boy name.
Lenin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,883 for boys (▼ 48 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,112 in 2015, #2,436 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (83 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,822 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1925 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lenin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lenin family of names ranked #2,104 for boys in 2025 (#1,999 the year before), with 51 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lenin | 43 | 84% |
| Lennin | 8 | 16% |
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 Lenin is most popular
Babies named Lenin per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Lenin by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1970s | 95 | #2,547 |
| 1980s | 147 | #2,213 |
| 1990s | 229 | #2,779 |
| 2000s | 397 | #2,361 |
| 2010s | 527 | #1,822 |
| 2020s | 317 | #2,167 |
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Questions
- Is Lenin a boy or girl name?
- Lenin is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lenin were boys.
- How popular is the name Lenin?
- 43 baby boys were named Lenin in the US in 2025, making it the 2883rd most popular boy name.
- When was Lenin most popular?
- Lenin peaked in 2018, when 83 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,822 in 2018.
- How many people are named Lenin?
- 1,727 babies have been named Lenin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,688 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Lenin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lenin was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys 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.