first name
LENARD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,949 people named Lenard, 47.1% reported their origin as White, 40.5% as Black and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lenard peaked in 1925, when 204 babies got the name.
At least 10,004 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.
Lenard by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #912. The largest share of babies named Lenard, 27.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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.
Where Lenard is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lenard has been most common in Mississippi (5.9×), Arkansas (5.3×), and Louisiana (3.7×), and least common in Ohio (0.14×).
5,538 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lenard
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lenard, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lenard ranks #10,736 of 156,621, with 2,840 people. See Lenard as a last name
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