# Lennon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lennon/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “descendant of lover (leannán)”, “descendant of blackbird (lonán)” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɛn.ən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lannan, Lannen, Linnen |
| US babies named this | 20,579 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,003 / 12,576 (61% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,585, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”) and from Ó Lonáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).

## 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 | 116 | 1,764 |
| 2012 | 134 | 1,619 |
| 2013 | 273 | 932 |
| 2014 | 404 | 697 |
| 2015 | 606 | 518 |
| 2016 | 654 | 479 |
| 2017 | 710 | 445 |
| 2018 | 728 | 436 |
| 2019 | 800 | 388 |
| 2020 | 1,078 | 299 |
| 2021 | 1,278 | 238 |
| 2022 | 1,318 | 228 |
| 2023 | 1,258 | 243 |
| 2024 | 1,320 | 235 |
| 2025 | 1,421 | 214 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 303 | 747 |
| 2012 | 271 | 816 |
| 2013 | 294 | 769 |
| 2014 | 359 | 695 |
| 2015 | 442 | 609 |
| 2016 | 451 | 596 |
| 2017 | 381 | 667 |
| 2018 | 369 | 677 |
| 2019 | 346 | 712 |
| 2020 | 369 | 691 |
| 2021 | 401 | 673 |
| 2022 | 412 | 663 |
| 2023 | 345 | 756 |
| 2024 | 320 | 786 |
| 2025 | 308 | 808 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 31 | 1,102 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,288 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,584 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 313 | 178 |
| 2012 | 276 | 199 |
| 2013 | 224 | 231 |
| 2014 | 232 | 237 |
| 2015 | 188 | 271 |
| 2016 | 195 | 268 |
| 2017 | 188 | 277 |
| 2018 | 224 | 230 |
| 2019 | 176 | 274 |
| 2020 | 175 | 269 |
| 2021 | 185 | 257 |
| 2022 | 180 | 261 |
| 2023 | 182 | 256 |
| 2024 | 154 | 290 |
| 2025 | 167 | 272 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: لِينُون, لِينُون
- Bulgarian: Ле́нън
- Chinese: 列儂 /列侬, 藍儂 /蓝侬
- Japanese: レノン
- Korean: 레논
- Polish: Lennon
- Russian: Ле́ннон

## People named Lennon

- Lennon Stella, Canadian singer and actress
- Lennon Parham, American actress

## 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.