Lenya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEN-yuh
- Origin
- Modern
Lenya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lenya mean?
Modern: probably an elaboration of Lena
Lotte Lenya, the Austrian singer-actress and wife of Kurt Weill, used Lenya as her stage name.
Is Lenya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lenya is a girls' name.
How popular is Lenya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Lenya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lenya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Lenya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna Lakelynn Arya Lyra Isla Gracelynn Lyla Miley Brynlee Oaklynn Leighton Lennon
Names related to Lenya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Ailani
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, “Lenya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lenya, updated 20 October 2026.