Lennon

What Lennon means

Means “descendant of Lover (Leannán)”

From Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”) and from Ó Lonáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Lennon” (revision 93516199), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Lennon?

US: Rising: up from #518 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4103 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,421 girls got the name (#214 that year). First in the US records in 1981.

How common

• About 1 in 1,131 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 13,331 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (7.04 per 1,000 girls), SD (4.91 per 1,000 girls), ME (4.82 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Lennon is #214 in the US and #1584 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 82.2% of US babies named Lennon were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lennyn136 US
• Lynnon12 US
• Lynnen8 US
• Lenyn7 US
• Lennan6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lennon

Girls

• Oakley#156“oak + woodland clearing, glade”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Kensley#741Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*

For a brother

• Bowen#266“son of Owen”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025
• Fletcher#545“arrow-maker”^*
• Finley#333Editor’s note Used for both: 57% of US babies named Finley in 2025 were boys

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lennon’s. Rank is US 2025.