girl's name

Lenda

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 892

Lenda is a girl's name. In 1996 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1947, when 54 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1917.

Lenda over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1996, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Lenda by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 14
1930s 42
1940s 373
1950s 281
1960s 109
1970s 33
1980s 9
1990s (to 1996) 6

How popular is Lenda?

In 1996, Lenda was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Lenda is used

France #3,011 5 in 1986
United States #12,578 6 in 1996

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Lenda

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lenda also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lenda over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lenda

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lenda — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lenda

How popular is the name Lenda?

In 1996, Lenda was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Lenda a girl's or a boy's name?

Lenda is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lenda most popular?

Lenda peaked in 1947, when 54 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.