Mostly girls · peaked in 2025
Lennon name popularity since 1925
20,520 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lennon (61.3% girls, 38.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2019 or earlier, so the typical Lennon is about 7 years old in 2026. Lennon peaked in 2025 as the #214 name for girls, and it ranked #214 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,520
- Named Lennon, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #214
- for girls in 2025 (1,421 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 61.3% girls
- 12,576 girls · 7,944 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.14× its national share
Peak year is the year Lennon made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lennon births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Lennon both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2011 and 2016, Lennon became 5.6× more common, from 1 in 15,200 baby girls to 1 in 2,710.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Lennon's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lennon.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lennon in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 39 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 64 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 110 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 124 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 134 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 121 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 11 | 237 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 53 | 301 | #11,217 |
| 2000s | 333 | 1,222 | #5,535 |
| 2010s | 4,506 | 3,437 | #518 |
| 2020–25 | 7,673 | 2,155 | #214 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
81.1% of babies named Lennon from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Lennon is most popular
The index compares Lennon's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lennon.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.14× | 467 |
| Minnesota | 1.91× | 609 |
| Wisconsin | 1.86× | 638 |
| Iowa | 1.82× | 403 |
| Colorado | 1.79× | 384 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lennon's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lennon.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lennon (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data