Mostly boys · peaked in 2022
Lennox name popularity since 1925
19,729 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lennox (27.4% girls, 72.6% boys). Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Lennox is about 6 years old in 2026. Lennox peaked in 2022 as the #248 name for boys, and it ranked #289 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,729
- Named Lennox, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #289
- for boys in 2025 (1,160 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 72.6% boys
- 5,409 girls · 14,320 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 1.69× its national share
Peak year is the year Lennox made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lennox births per year, 1925–2025
2022 was the biggest year for Lennox both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2008 and 2013, Lennox became 3.7× more common, from 1 in 19,600 baby boys to 1 in 5,300.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Lennox's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lennox.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lennox in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1940s | 0 | 18 | #3,576 |
| 1950s | 0 | 37 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 52 | #3,752 |
| 1970s | 0 | 65 | #5,179 |
| 1980s | 0 | 77 | #6,226 |
| 1990s | 5 | 124 | #4,991 |
| 2000s | 44 | 609 | #2,418 |
| 2010s | 2,601 | 5,565 | #490 |
| 2020–25 | 2,759 | 7,768 | #289 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
90.0% of babies named Lennox from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Lennox is most popular
The index compares Lennox'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 Lennox.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1.69× | 840 |
| Florida | 1.65× | 1,071 |
| North Carolina | 1.64× | 835 |
| Tennessee | 1.49× | 563 |
| Virginia | 1.49× | 603 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lennox and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lennox (this page) | 14,320 | 2022 |
| Lenox | 2,026 | 2023 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lennox's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lennox.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lennox (2022).
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