Lenin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEN-in
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Lenin is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Lenin mean?
From the pseudonym of Vladimir Lenin, perhaps after the Lena River
Taken from Lenin, the pseudonym of the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ulyanov, and used as a first name in Latin America and India.
Is Lenin a girl's or a boy's name?
Lenin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lenin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,883rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Lenin, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Lenin than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Lenin in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 365 boys in the US were given Lenin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #686, up from #2,883 for this spelling alone.
Lenin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,167 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,224 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 83 | #1,822 |
| 2017 | 71 | #2,003 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,112 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
Names like Lenin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Logan, Landon, Griffin, Odin, Brayden, Declan, Aiden, Corbin, Lachlan, Kayden, Keegan, Deacon
Other spellings of Lenin
Names related to Lenin
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, “Lenin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lenin, updated 20 October 2026.