# Leni (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leni/  
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 | 1,962 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27 / 1,935 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 672, 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 | 34 | 4,313 |
| 2012 | 36 | 4,183 |
| 2013 | 32 | 4,497 |
| 2014 | 39 | 3,888 |
| 2015 | 40 | 3,814 |
| 2016 | 52 | 3,166 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,998 |
| 2018 | 81 | 2,263 |
| 2019 | 103 | 1,925 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,940 |
| 2021 | 117 | 1,755 |
| 2022 | 141 | 1,530 |
| 2023 | 201 | 1,197 |
| 2024 | 187 | 1,246 |
| 2025 | 197 | 1,179 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 13,588 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,478 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,275 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,326 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,343 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,587 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,549 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,327 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,628 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 41 | 860 |
| 2022 | 41 | 857 |
| 2023 | 96 | 425 |
| 2024 | 85 | 478 |
| 2025 | 78 | 514 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Leni

- Leni Riefenstahl, German filmmaker, photographer, actress, and nazi propagandist (1902–2003)
- Leni Parker, Canadian actress
- Leni Alexander, composer (1924–2005)
- Leni Stengel, American actress (1901-1982)
- Farrah Fawcett, American actress (1947–2009)
- Katja Riemann, German actress
- Magdalena Thora, German guitarist and singer

## 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.