Is Lenise a boy or girl name?

Lenise is a girl’s name. Of the 843 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Lenise

Recorded 1948–2022 · United States

Lenise was most popular in 1954, when 25 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,449 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 843 people named Lenise.

Lenise over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lenise’s peak in 1954. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lenise a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lenise is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 843 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

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