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How popular is the name Leni?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lenis are alive today.
Leni (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Leonie in England and Wales, ranked 514th in 2025 with 78 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 96 babies were given the name, the 425th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Leonie you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Leonies born in England and Wales are between 12 and 30, and there are at least 4,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Leonie.
How many babies are named Leni each year?
Includes all spellings: Leni, Leonie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Leni spelling rank?
Where does the Leonie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Leni most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Leonie, peaked in 2005, when 165 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Leni spelling itself peaked in 2023, with 96 babies.
How many people are called Leni?
At least 4,200 people named Leni in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Leni?
Most living Lenis are between 12 and 30; the most common age is about 26. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Leni becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.