Lean
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#5608
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
16
boys 16
Peak year
1985
27 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
892
since 1916
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Lean was most popular in 1985, when 27 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.02 per 1,000). In 2025, 16 babies were named Lean, ranking #5608 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 38%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 16 | 5608 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 14 | 6199 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13462 | 9 | 8255 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15306 | 8 | 8990 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 14 | 6032 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12142 | 7 | 9554 |
| 2019 | 6 | 13799 | 14 | 6104 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 10 | 9943 | 8 | 8840 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11781 | 8 | 8816 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13006 | 14 | 5999 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14558 | 16 | 5485 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11000 | 8 | 8789 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13483 | 10 | 7559 |
| 2011 | 6 | 14824 | 8 | 8767 |
| 2010 | 17 | 7217 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 7 | 13704 | 7 | 9864 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12579 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 13 | 9007 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 12420 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 9 | 10690 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 15784 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 10 | 8805 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 11138 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 9802 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | 10514 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | 13430 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | 11780 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 11 | 7512 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | 10271 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 10 | 7880 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | 5545 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 22 | 4015 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 15 | 5074 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 23 | 3645 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 27 | 3246 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 17 | 4318 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | 3949 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 24 | 3418 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 15 | 4746 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | 4327 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 11 | 5751 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 16 | 4242 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 11 | 5532 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | 5601 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | 7984 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 11 | 5011 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 8 | 6080 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 5959 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | 6619 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 14 | 4038 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 10 | 4723 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 8 | 5147 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 14 | 3484 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | 5273 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 8 | 4831 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 11 | 4096 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 10 | 4272 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | 4865 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 9 | 4546 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 8 | 4773 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | 5566 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 6 | 5408 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 8 | 4536 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 8 | 4467 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 5 | 3679 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4570 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 8 | 3561 | 8 | 3151 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 10 | 2725 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 5 | 4197 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5061 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 5 | 4286 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 6 | 3736 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 5 | 4417 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 75% · boys 25% across all years