Lenaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- leh-NAY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lenaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Lenaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, possibly an elaboration of Lena
Is Lenaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lenaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lenaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 4 girls.
Lenaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Lenaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lenaya, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer girls named Lenaya than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Lenaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lenaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Lenaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amaya, Anaya, Raya, Maya, Safa, Amira, Alaya, Inaya, Khadija, Aaliyah, Amara, Liyana
Names related to Lenaya
Lena, Laney, Leyana, Leana, Lenna, Layna, Leyna, Leyan, Lenny
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Lenaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lenaya, updated 20 October 2026.