Lenin is a rare variant of Lennon that peaked in 2018 and has grown less common since.
Lenin is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,911 for boy births in the United States (and #6,260 across all names), given to 43 babies. Lenin first appears in 1925 and peaked in 2018 (83 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,911 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,856 |
| 2023 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,784 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,182 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,243 |
| 2020 | 53 | 53 | — | #2,454 |
| 2019 | 64 | 64 | — | #2,203 |
| 2018 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,829 |
| 2017 | 71 | 71 | — | #2,010 |
| 2016 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,266 |
| 2015 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,124 |
| 2014 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,137 |
| 2013 | 43 | 43 | #18,139 | #2,979 |
| 2012 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,764 |
| 2011 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,216 |
| 2010 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,612 |
| 2009 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,826 |
| 2008 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,567 |
| 2007 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,789 |
| 2006 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,608 |
| 2005 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,391 |
| 2004 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,126 |
| 2003 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,659 |
| 2002 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,921 |
| 2001 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,549 |
| 2000 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,192 |
| 1999 | 29 | 29 | — | #2,911 |
| 1998 | 29 | 29 | — | #2,829 |
| 1997 | 27 | — | — | #2,872 |
| 1996 | 22 | — | — | #3,260 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | — | #3,265 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | — | #2,907 |
| 1993 | 17 | — | — | #3,758 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | — | #3,294 |
| 1991 | 17 | — | — | #3,564 |
| 1990 | 22 | — | — | #2,921 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | — | #3,741 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | — | #5,510 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | — | #3,445 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | — | #2,653 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | — | #4,226 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | — | #2,584 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | — | #3,014 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | — | #4,113 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | — | #3,335 |
| 1980 | 23 | — | — | #2,251 |
| 1979 | 16 | — | — | #2,853 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #6,377 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | — | #2,740 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | — | #3,625 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | — | #3,166 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | — | #2,625 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,751 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | — | #3,279 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | — | #5,145 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,485 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,608 |