girl's name
Lénaïs
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 705
Lénaïs is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 20 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in France in 2016, when 55 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 29,475 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1990.
Lénaïs over time
Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 |
| 2000s | 140 |
| 2010s | 420 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 135 |
How popular is Lénaïs?
In 2025, Lénaïs was given to 20 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Lénaïs is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Lenais | Lenais is Lénaïs without the acute accent, and the spelling recorded in France, where it ranks #5,823. | 205 |
| Lenaïs | Lenaïs is a rare spelling of Lénaïs, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 45 times, mostly in France. | 45 |
Names that peaked alongside Lénaïs
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Lénaïs also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lénaïs over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Lénaïs
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lénaïs — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Lénaïs
Is Lénaïs a girl's or a boy's name?
Lénaïs is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Lénaïs most popular?
Lénaïs peaked in 2016, when 55 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Lénaïs a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lénaïs currently ranks #1,525 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.