first name
LEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,593 people named Len, 63.7% reported their origin as White, 15.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 13.1% as Black. 87.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Len peaked in 1958, when 125 babies got the name.
At least 4,616 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Len by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,327. The largest share of babies named Len, 36.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of Len
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Len, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Len ranks #23,186 of 156,621, with 1,132 people. See Len as a last name
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