Is Lenin a boy or girl name?

Lenin is a boy’s name. Of the 1,727 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.3% were girls and 99.7% were boys.

Lenin

Recorded 1925–2025 · United States

Lenin was most popular in 2018, when 83 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,977 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,196, with 43 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,727 people named Lenin.

Lenin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lenin’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lenin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lenin is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 1,727 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lenin

Where Lenin is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org