Lean
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- LEE-an
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Lean is a name. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
Where does Lean come from?
Possibly short for Leandro (Leander)
Is Lean a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Lean has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Lean in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Lean, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Lean than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Lean in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,365 boys in the US were given Lean or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #117, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.
Lean in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
Names like Lean
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian, Kayden, Callan, Raiden, Finnegan, Ocean, Lachlan, Ronan, Declan, Deacon, Braylen, Finn
Other spellings of Lean
Names related to Lean
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lean: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lean, updated 20 October 2026.