# Leen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,765 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,765 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 630, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,626 |
| 2012 | 62 | 2,822 |
| 2013 | 85 | 2,201 |
| 2014 | 85 | 2,228 |
| 2015 | 99 | 2,005 |
| 2016 | 109 | 1,878 |
| 2017 | 109 | 1,871 |
| 2018 | 109 | 1,859 |
| 2019 | 80 | 2,279 |
| 2020 | 81 | 2,233 |
| 2021 | 100 | 1,964 |
| 2022 | 94 | 2,062 |
| 2023 | 100 | 1,977 |
| 2024 | 114 | 1,776 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,852 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,537 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,240 |
| 2016 | 32 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 41 | 915 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 43 | 854 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 31 | 1,102 |
| 2022 | 57 | 655 |
| 2023 | 62 | 608 |
| 2024 | 71 | 547 |
| 2025 | 69 | 573 |

## People named Leen

- Leen Vente, Dutch footballer (1911-1989)
- Leen Kullman, Estonian intelligence agent in Soviet service (1920-1943)
- Leendert van der Meulen, Dutch cyclist (1937-2015)
- Leen van Steensel, Dutch footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.