Lenell vs Lennon
American parents have registered 20,579 Lennons since 1880, against 883 Lenells. Lennon is still ahead, with 1,729 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lenell Lennon
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 108 years in which either name was published, Lennon for 76 years and Lenell for 32 years. The lead changed hands 24 times.
- 1921–1923 Lenell ahead
- 1924–1930 Lennon ahead
- 1932–1935 Lenell ahead
- 1936–1938 Lennon ahead
- 1939–1942 Lenell ahead
- 1946–1949 Lennon ahead
- 1956–1972 Lenell ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1976–2025 Lennon ahead
16 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Lenell | Lennon | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 883 | 20,579 |
| Most in one year | 26 | 1,730 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 1,729 |
| Estimated living today | 630 | 20,000 |
| Median age today | 55 | 6 |
| Peak year | 1970 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 2,213th boys | 214th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 214th |
| First recorded | 1917 | 1913 |
| Girls / boys | 343 / 540 | 12,576 / 8,003 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lenells alive today are over 55; half the Lennons are over 6. That is 49 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Related comparisons
Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lenell and Lennon.