Lennon vs Lenoard
American parents have registered 20,579 Lennons since 1880, against 670 Lenoards. Lennon is still ahead, with 1,729 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Lennon Lenoard
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 114 years in which either name was published, Lennon for 79 years and Lenoard for 35 years. The lead changed hands 23 times.
- 1912–1941 Lenoard ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1944–2025 Lennon ahead, apart from 3 short spells
16 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Lennon | Lenoard | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 20,579 | 670 |
| Most in one year | 1,730 | 19 |
| Babies in 2025 | 1,729 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 20,000 | 250 |
| Median age today | 6 | 70 |
| Peak year | 2025 | 1929 |
| Best rank | 214th girls | 1,731st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 214th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1913 | 1912 |
| Girls / boys | 12,576 / 8,003 | 0 / 670 |
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 Lenoards alive today are over 70; half the Lennons are over 6. That is 64 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Lennon and Lenoard.