Is Lenox a boy or girl name?

Lenox is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,598 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 19.0% were girls and 81.0% were boys.

Name Legacy

Lenox

Recorded 1912–2025 · United States

Lenox was most popular in 2023, when 207 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,190 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,585, with 160 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,598 people named Lenox.

Lenox over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lenox’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lenox a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lenox is mostly a boy’s name — 19.0% of the 2,598 Americans given it were girls and 81.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 20% girls and 80% 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 Lenox

Where Lenox is most concentrated

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

Explore further

See Lenox on the interactive charts

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