unisex name
Lennox
LEN-ox
- Origin Scottish
- Gender Unisex
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 24,743
the United States
#289
2025 births
Lennox is a unisex name from a Scottish district whose name means "place of elm trees," and our data records it as unisex. It ranks 147th in Scotland and 289th in the United States.
- Lennox is a name of Scottish origin.
- Peaked in 2022, when 1,915 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,136 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1918.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Lennox over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 |
| 1930s | 5 |
| 1940s | 18 |
| 1950s | 37 |
| 1960s | 52 |
| 1970s | 65 |
| 1980s | 77 |
| 1990s | 129 |
| 2000s | 653 |
| 2010s | 8,166 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 10,527 |
What Lennox means
Lennox means place of elms, or elm field, from the Gaelic leamhan, an elm tree. It is a landscape word turned district name turned surname turned given name — four steps from the tree.
Where Lennox comes from
Lennox comes from the Levenax, the district around Loch Lomond, from the Gaelic leamhanach — a place of elms, built on leamhan, an elm. The Earls of Lennox held it from the twelfth century, and the title passed to the Stuarts; Lord Darnley, Mary Queen of Scots' second husband and the father of James VI, was Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, of the Lennox line. Shakespeare gives a Lennox to Macbeth as one of the Scottish thanes. The name's modern surge is largely American and follows Lennox Lewis, world heavyweight champion through the 1990s, and it has been used increasingly for girls since — our data records it as unisex, which is a shift from its Scottish history rather than a continuation of it.
Lennox in use
Lennox ranks 147th in Scotland with 36 births in 2024 and 289th in the United States with 1,552 births, its largest market by a wide margin, and our data records it as unisex. It is rising with a peak in 2022, and our records carry it from 1918. It holds 291st in England and Wales — the American use is what drove the name back into Scottish charts.
How popular is Lennox?
In 2025, Lennox was given to 1,552 babies in the United States, ranking #289 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Lennox is used
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 Lennox
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Lennox also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lennox over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Lennox
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Lennox in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Lenox
Sibling names for Lennox
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lennox — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Lennox
What does the name Lennox mean?
Lennox means "place of elms," from the Gaelic leamhan, an elm tree.
Is Lennox a boy's or a girl's name?
Both — our data records it as unisex, though its Scottish history is entirely male.
Where is the Lennox?
The district around Loch Lomond, held by the Earls of Lennox from the twelfth century.
How popular is Lennox?
147th in Scotland and 289th in the United States.
How many syllables are in Lennox?
Lennox has 2 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Lennox?
Lennox is usually shortened to Len and Nox.
Is Lennox a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lennox currently ranks #147 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.