Lean is a rare variant of Lena that peaked in 1985 and has grown less common since.
Lean is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Lean was first reported in SSA data in 1916 and peaked in 1985 (27 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,744 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,352 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | #14,414 | #8,640 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | #16,676 | #9,496 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,209 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | #12,898 | #10,175 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #14,814 | #6,285 |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | #10,399 | #9,362 |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | #12,393 | #9,352 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | #13,847 | #6,168 |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | #15,724 | #5,617 |
| 2013 | 17 | 17 | #11,547 | #9,308 |
| 2012 | 17 | 17 | #14,365 | #7,900 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #15,934 | #9,270 |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | #7,378 | — |
| 2009 | 14 | 14 | #14,573 | #10,551 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | #13,280 | #11,971 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | #9,315 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #13,070 | — |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | #11,230 | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #17,239 | — |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | #16,987 | #11,752 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | #14,197 | — |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #9,199 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #11,855 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #10,367 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #11,210 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #14,722 | — |
| 1993 | 6 | — | #12,732 | — |
| 1992 | 11 | — | #7,809 | — |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #10,948 | — |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #8,240 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #5,707 | — |
| 1988 | 22 | — | #4,102 | — |
| 1987 | 15 | — | #5,200 | — |
| 1986 | 23 | — | #3,707 | — |
| 1985 | 27 | — | #3,294 | — |
| 1984 | 17 | — | #4,418 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #4,040 | — |
| 1982 | 24 | — | #3,485 | — |
| 1981 | 15 | — | #4,852 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,427 | — |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #5,965 | — |
| 1978 | 16 | — | #4,373 | — |
| 1977 | 11 | — | #5,707 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #5,826 | — |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #8,564 | — |
| 1974 | 11 | — | #5,180 | — |
| 1973 | 8 | — | #6,393 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #6,280 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #7,000 | — |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #4,150 | — |
| 1969 | 10 | — | #4,886 | — |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #5,407 | — |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #3,567 | — |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,557 | — |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #5,080 | — |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #4,231 | — |
| 1963 | 10 | — | #4,412 | — |
| 1962 | 8 | — | #5,106 | — |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #4,720 | — |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #4,979 | — |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #5,932 | — |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #5,787 | — |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #4,727 | — |
| 1956 | 8 | — | #4,664 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #5,837 | — |
| 1934 | 5 | — | — | #3,967 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | — | #4,310 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,958 | — |
| 1927 | 16 | — | #3,731 | #3,319 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | — | #2,822 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,604 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,506 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | — | — | #4,586 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | — | #4,669 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | — | #3,973 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,802 | — |