Lennox
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEN-oks
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #261 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #289 for boys
Lennox is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “place of elms”. In 2025 it ranked 261st for boys in the UK (198 babies) and 289th for boys in the US (1,160 babies).
What does Lennox mean?
Scottish: from a Scottish place name, Gaelic Leamhnachd
“place of elms”
From the historic district of Lennox near Loch Lomond, held by the Earls and later Dukes of Lennox.
Is Lennox a girl's or a boy's name?
Lennox is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 198 boys in the UK and 392 girls and 1,160 boys in the US.
How popular is Lennox in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #261among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 198about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 198 boys in the UK were named Lennox, making it the 261st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 395th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 206 boys. 12 girls were also named Lennox in 2025 (2,344th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Lennox in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 287th in England and Wales and 123rd in Scotland.
Lennox in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 198 | #261 |
| 2024 | 206 | #257 |
| 2023 | 186 | #277 |
| 2022 | 204 | #256 |
| 2021 | 175 | #297 |
| 2020 | 125 | #395 |
| 2019 | 132 | #378 |
| 2018 | 125 | #390 |
| 2017 | 125 | #403 |
| 2016 | 106 | #439 |
| 2015 | 89 | #497 |
| 2014 | 101 | #450 |
| 2013 | 75 | #541 |
| 2012 | 65 | #610 |
| 2011 | 59 | #649 |
| 2010 | 68 | #560 |
| 2009 | 57 | #629 |
| 2008 | 64 | #578 |
| 2007 | 55 | #612 |
| 2006 | 45 | #679 |
| 2005 | 40 | #720 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 25 | #880 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 30 | #673 |
| 2000 | 22 | #842 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Lennox in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #289among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,160about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,160 boys in the US were named Lennox, making it the 289th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 292nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 1,427 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918. 392 girls were also named Lennox in 2025 (716th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Lennox than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Lennox in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,428 boys in the US were given Lennox or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #263, up from #289 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 9% of the babies named Lennox in the US in 2005, and 25% in 2025.
Lennox in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,160 | #289 |
| 2024 | 1,324 | #264 |
| 2023 | 1,286 | #265 |
| 2022 | 1,427 | #248 |
| 2021 | 1,402 | #254 |
| 2020 | 1,169 | #292 |
| 2019 | 1,013 | #330 |
| 2018 | 879 | #371 |
| 2017 | 765 | #409 |
| 2016 | 700 | #442 |
| 2015 | 601 | #490 |
| 2014 | 476 | #585 |
| 2013 | 357 | #675 |
| 2012 | 294 | #772 |
| 2011 | 264 | #823 |
| 2010 | 216 | #933 |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,118 |
| 2008 | 104 | #1,543 |
| 2007 | 75 | #1,890 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 37 | #2,599 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Nicknames for Lennox
Names like Lennox
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lochlan Brody Finn Rowan Finley Kayden Logan Ronan Cillian Dougie Eden Kian
Other spellings of Lennox
Names related to Lennox
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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, “Lennox: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lennox, updated 20 October 2026.