Len
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEN
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Len is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave lion”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Len mean?
Germanic: short form of Leonard
“brave lion”
A short form of Leonard, from Germanic elements meaning lion and hardy.
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Is Len a girl's or a boy's name?
Len is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Len in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Len in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Len in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Len, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 121 boys.
Half of all the boys named Len in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Len in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,333 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,093 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,107 |
| 1971 | 71 | #965 |
| 1970 | 114 | #773 |
| 1969 | 89 | #817 |
| 1968 | 85 | #805 |
| 1967 | 71 | #848 |
| 1966 | 71 | #860 |
| 1965 | 77 | #837 |
| 1964 | 90 | #792 |
| 1963 | 89 | #803 |
| 1962 | 94 | #785 |
| 1961 | 109 | #738 |
| 1960 | 121 | #712 |
| 1959 | 96 | #781 |
| 1958 | 119 | #689 |
| 1957 | 94 | #774 |
| 1956 | 79 | #839 |
| 1955 | 77 | #835 |
| 1954 | 70 | #875 |
| 1953 | 78 | #812 |
| 1952 | 92 | #732 |
| 1951 | 58 | #918 |
| 1950 | 66 | #835 |
| 1949 | 56 | #922 |
| 1948 | 76 | #782 |
| 1947 | 83 | #752 |
| 1946 | 65 | #812 |
| 1945 | 54 | #850 |
| 1944 | 49 | #906 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,119 |
| 1941 | 49 | #905 |
| 1940 | 47 | #929 |
| 1939 | 43 | #954 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,119 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,169 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,040 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,133 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,251 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,102 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,173 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,237 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,188 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,492 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1920 | 44 | #1,045 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,264 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,192 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,152 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,176 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,241 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 14 | #699 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 13 | #592 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 11 | #603 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 14 | #498 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 9 | #652 |
| 1881 | 11 | #533 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Len
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Louie, Frederick, Reuben, Archie, Otis, Leon, Lewis, Charles, Frank, Freddie, Harry, Albert
Names related to Len
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Charlie, Emma, Ella, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Lottie, Avery
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, “Len: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/len, updated 20 October 2026.