Lenell is a rare variant of Leonel that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Lenell is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Lenell was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 1970 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,546 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,572 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,015 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,466 |
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,572 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9 | — | #6,624 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | — | #7,642 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | — | #7,440 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | — | #4,149 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | — | #5,486 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | — | #9,049 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | — | #5,229 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | — | #7,524 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | — | #4,070 |
| 1987 | 22 | — | #9,350 | #3,285 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | #10,259 | #7,374 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #11,658 | #7,146 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | — | #4,093 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | — | #4,350 |
| 1982 | 12 | — | — | #3,611 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | — | #3,529 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | — | #5,952 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | — | #5,781 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | — | #3,740 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | — | #4,025 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,244 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | #8,572 | #3,165 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | — | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | #7,957 | #4,852 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | #5,717 | #3,079 |
| 1971 | 19 | — | #7,008 | #2,912 |
| 1970 | 24 | — | #6,724 | #2,255 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | — | #4,760 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | — | #3,542 |
| 1967 | 18 | — | #5,228 | #2,705 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | — | #3,141 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | #5,086 | #3,426 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | #5,770 | #3,858 |
| 1963 | 16 | — | #5,098 | #3,211 |
| 1962 | 19 | — | #5,111 | #2,600 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | #4,139 | #3,250 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | #5,455 | #2,484 |
| 1959 | 15 | — | #4,481 | #3,833 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #5,180 | #3,760 |
| 1957 | 23 | — | #4,732 | #2,152 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #5,080 | #2,329 |
| 1955 | 16 | — | #4,242 | #3,364 |
| 1954 | 26 | — | #3,248 | #2,270 |
| 1953 | 14 | — | #3,027 | — |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #6,022 | #3,257 |
| 1951 | 15 | — | #4,214 | #3,231 |
| 1950 | 23 | — | #4,157 | #1,981 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #4,474 | #3,538 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #4,977 | — |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #4,570 | — |
| 1946 | 7 | — | — | #3,060 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | — | #2,499 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #4,318 | — |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #5,044 | — |
| 1942 | 13 | — | #2,610 | — |
| 1941 | 19 | — | #3,410 | #2,276 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | #3,694 | #3,017 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | #2,677 | — |
| 1938 | 7 | — | — | #3,042 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | — | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 16 | — | #3,319 | #2,839 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | #3,604 | #3,940 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #4,182 | — |
| 1929 | 6 | — | — | #3,774 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #5,423 | — |
| 1923 | 12 | — | #4,711 | #4,059 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #3,853 | #4,675 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,791 | — |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #4,207 | — |
| 1919 | 9 | — | #3,342 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #4,088 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,378 | — |