Lennin
A masculine name of Slavic origin meaning "beloved" or "adored".
Name Census estimates that about 286 living Americans carry the first name Lennin. It is a predominantly male name (97.9% of registrations). The average person named Lennin today is around 17 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Lennin births was 2015 (16 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Lennin. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
286
~ 1 in 1,198,442 Americans
Peak year
2015
16 babies that year
Average age
17
years old
2024 SSA rank
#7,509
Tracked since 1981
Census
Lennin in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 420 people with the first name Lennin, which placed it at #23,335 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#23,335
National first-name rank
People counted
420
420 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
86.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Lennin
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lennin is Hispanic at 86.4%. The next largest groups are White (11.4%) and Black (1.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Lennin described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Lennin at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino86.4% · 363
- White11.4% · 48
- Black or African American1.4% · 6
- Two or more races0.5% · 2
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.2% · 1
Gender
Gender distribution for Lennin
Lennin leans heavily male at 97.9% of total registrations, but 6 girls have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Lennin as a male name
- Ranked #7,509 in 2024
- 11 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2016 (14 births)
Lennin as a female name
- Ranked #15,606 in 2015
- 6 female births in 2015
- Peak: 2015 (6 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Lennin leans strongly male. 383 people counted with this name were male (90.1%), compared with 42 female bearers (9.9%).
Popularity
Lennin: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Lennin from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 106 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Lennin remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lennin by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Lennin during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Lennins live
Origin
Meaning and history of Lennin
The given name Lennin is a rare variant of the more common name Lenin, which has its origins in the Russian language. The name Lenin is derived from the Russian word "lena," meaning "river of life" or "river bringing life." It is believed to have its roots in the ancient Slavic cultures that inhabited the regions around the Lena River in Siberia.
In the 20th century, the name Lenin gained significant prominence due to its association with Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin (1870-1924), the revolutionary leader who played a pivotal role in the Bolshevik Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union. Lenin's influence as a Marxist theorist and politician led to the widespread adoption of his name across the Soviet Union and other communist countries.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Lennin was Lennin Kozhedub (1890-1920), a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary who participated in the Russian Civil War. Another notable figure was Lennin Rabinovich (1897-1976), a Soviet-Jewish writer and playwright known for his works depicting Jewish life in Ukraine.
In the realm of literature, the name Lennin appears in the works of Russian author Mikhail Sholokhov, particularly in his novel "And Quiet Flows the Don," which chronicles the lives of Cossacks during the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
Beyond the Soviet Union, the name Lennin has been used sporadically in various parts of the world, often as a tribute to the revolutionary leader. For instance, Lennin Arundel (1938-2012) was a Trinidadian politician and trade unionist who served as the President of the Oilfields Workers' Trade Union in Trinidad and Tobago.
It is worth noting that while the name Lennin is a legitimate variant, it is significantly less common than the more widely recognized spelling of Lenin. The name's association with the Soviet leader and its political connotations have likely contributed to its relatively rare usage compared to other given names.
People
Lennin + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Lennin as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Lennin: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lennin?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 286 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Lennin going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,198,442 US residents.
Is Lennin a common name?
We classify Lennin as "Very Rare". It ranks above 78.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 289 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Lennin most popular?
The single biggest year for Lennin was 2015, when 16 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Lennin is about 17 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Lennin in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 420 people with the name Lennin, or 0.14 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #23,335 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Lennin in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Lennin?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Lennin leans strongly male. 383 people counted with this name were male (90.1%), compared with 42 female bearers (9.9%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Lennin?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lennin is Hispanic at 86.4%. The next largest groups are White (11.4%) and Black (1.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Lennin most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Lennin in the 2020 Census, accounting for 86.4% (363 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Lennin in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Lennin a male name?
Yes, 97.9% of people registered as Lennin in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Lennin still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Lennin in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Lennin can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Lennin?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.