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Lenise

Gender
Girl
Say it
luh-NEES
Origin
Modern

Lenise is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Lenise come from?

Modern: perhaps a blend of Lena and Denise

Is Lenise a girl's or a boy's name?

Lenise is a girls' name.

How popular is Lenise in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1954, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.

Half of all the girls named Lenise in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.

1948Busiest: 25 in 19542022
Lenise in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20228#11,225
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20169#10,855
20157#13,001
20140–
20130–
20128#12,193
20119#11,175
201010#10,446
20099#11,454
20087#13,827
20077#13,918
20067#13,601
200512#8,878
20046#14,172
200310#9,666
200210#9,476
200111#8,751
20006#13,147
19995#14,403
19987#11,132
199710#8,329
19969#8,807
199510#8,074
199410#8,116
19938#9,552
199216#5,711
19917#10,263
199012#6,861
198914#5,830
198820#4,303
198714#5,307
19865#10,907
198516#4,633
198412#5,538
198316#4,475
198217#4,346
198112#5,570
198016#4,516
19799#6,694
197819#3,777
197714#4,651
19769#6,046
197510#5,514
197422#3,110
197318#3,480
197216#3,714
197113#4,309
197017#3,576
196925#2,645
196817#3,168
196723#2,558
196615#3,265
196516#3,148
196420#2,824
196313#3,634
196225#2,413
196114#3,459
196017#2,988
195919#2,677
195821#2,505
195714#3,149
19569#4,160
195513#3,224
195425#2,121
195313#3,105
19527#4,482
19517#4,384
19505#5,299
19490–
19486#4,649

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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, “Lenise: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lenise, updated 20 October 2026.