Lenox
Boy · LEN-uks · Scottish
Lenox is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “place of elms”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 1,352nd for boys in the US (139 babies).
What does Lenox mean?
Scottish: spelling of Lennox, a Scottish place name
“place of elms”
A spelling of Lennox, the name of a historic district and earldom around Loch Lomond in Scotland.
- Say it
- LEN-uks
Is Lenox a girl's or a boy's name?
Lenox is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 21 girls and 139 boys in the US.
How popular is Lenox in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Lenox, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 boys.
In 2025, 204 boys in the UK were given Lenox or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #263, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Lennox 198
- Lenox 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Lenox in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 2 | #6,210 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Lenox in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,352among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 139about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 139 boys in the US were named Lenox, making it the 1,352nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,215th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 174 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 21 girls were also named Lenox in 2025 (5,721st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Lenox in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,428 boys in the US were given Lenox or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #263, up from #1,352 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 13% of the babies named Lenox in the US were girls.
Lenox in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 | #1,352 |
| 2024 | 112 | #1,556 |
| 2023 | 174 | #1,176 |
| 2022 | 171 | #1,186 |
| 2021 | 160 | #1,207 |
| 2020 | 155 | #1,215 |
| 2019 | 159 | #1,202 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,506 |
| 2017 | 110 | #1,510 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 86 | #1,767 |
| 2014 | 81 | #1,828 |
| 2013 | 69 | #1,988 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Nicknames for Lenox
Names like Lenox
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