Leen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #590 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,844 for girls
Leen is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “softness, tenderness”. In 2025 it ranked 590th for girls in the UK (72 babies) and 1,844th for girls in the US (108 babies).
What does Leen mean?
Arabic: Arabic word name
“softness, tenderness”
Is Leen a girl's or a boy's name?
Leen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 girls in the UK and 108 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #590among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 3,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the UK were named Leen, making it the 590th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 75 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 573rd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Leen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #590 |
| 2024 | 75 | #568 |
| 2023 | 66 | #617 |
| 2022 | 62 | #661 |
| 2021 | 35 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 47 | #849 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 42 | #957 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,596 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Leen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,844among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 108about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 108 girls in the US were named Leen, making it the 1,844th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,216th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 114 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Leen in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,844 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,771 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,965 |
| 2022 | 94 | #2,048 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,216 |
| 2019 | 80 | #2,272 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,852 |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,863 |
| 2016 | 109 | #1,875 |
| 2015 | 99 | #1,996 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,213 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,804 |
| 2011 | 68 | #2,613 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
Names like Leen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Quinn Eden Maeve Ocean Fiadh Layan Rowan Caoimhe Wren Lainey Orla Aoife
Names related to Leen
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Leen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leen, updated 20 October 2026.