Fun Facts About the Name Lennox
- More than 19 thousand babies named Lennox: U.S. records list 19,724 babies given the name Lennox from 1880 through 2025. Of these, 5,404 girls received the name Lennox - about 1 girl for every 3 boys.
What Does the Name Lennox Mean?
Lennox is a Scottish territorial name meaning 'elm field' or 'place of elms.' It comes from Scottish Gaelic Leamhnachd, the name of the historic district of Lennox in west-central Scotland. The Gaelic form is usually explained as a derivative of leamhan, 'elm,' with a locative ending, so the literal sense is a place associated with elm trees. The English spelling Lennox developed from older forms such as Levenax. As a first name, Lennox is an English-language use of the territorial surname; its meaning is territorial rather than personal.
Lennox Name History & Origins
Lennox began as the name of a district in Scotland. In the Middle Ages the area was a provincial lordship held by a mormaer, a Gaelic ruler; in English the title became Earl of Lennox. The district name was recorded in Latin and Scots forms such as Levenax before settling into the English spelling Lennox. From the district came the territorial surname Lennox, used by people who lived in or came from the area and by families connected with its lords. Scottish Gaelic preserves the older territorial form Leamhnachd.
As a given name, Lennox is an English-language adoption of the surname. It is used for boys and girls in English-speaking countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. In literature, Lennox is a Scottish nobleman in Shakespeare's Macbeth, and the surname appears in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden as the family name of Mary Lennox. These are later literary uses of the Scottish surname, not the origin of the name.
How Popular is the Name Lennox?
Lennox recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2022. Its best rank was #248 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #717 | 392 | 0.0244% |
| 2024 | #688 | 412 | 0.0255% |
| 2023 | #628 | 473 | 0.0295% |
| 2022 | #612 | 488 | 0.0298% |
| 2021 | #604 | 496 | 0.0302% |
| 2020 | #589 | 494 | 0.0306% |
| 2019 | #719 | 397 | 0.0237% |
| 2018 | #649 | 458 | 0.0269% |
| 2017 | #667 | 440 | 0.0255% |
| 2016 | #716 | 397 | 0.0224% |
| 2015 | #745 | 379 | 0.0212% |
| 2014 | #1,157 | 214 | 0.0120% |
| 2013 | #1,453 | 154 | 0.0088% |
| 2012 | #2,053 | 94 | 0.0053% |
| 2011 | #3,532 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2010 | #6,083 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2009 | #11,135 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #9,288 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #10,533 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #18,842 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #18,052 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #14,813 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #289 | 1,160 | 0.0679% |
| 2024 | #263 | 1,320 | 0.0770% |
| 2023 | #265 | 1,286 | 0.0753% |
| 2022 | #248 | 1,426 | 0.0817% |
| 2021 | #254 | 1,400 | 0.0801% |
| 2020 | #292 | 1,169 | 0.0678% |
| 2019 | #330 | 1,012 | 0.0564% |
| 2018 | #371 | 878 | 0.0484% |
| 2017 | #409 | 765 | 0.0413% |
| 2016 | #443 | 700 | 0.0369% |
| 2015 | #490 | 601 | 0.0314% |
| 2014 | #585 | 475 | 0.0247% |
| 2013 | #675 | 357 | 0.0189% |
| 2012 | #775 | 294 | 0.0155% |
| 2011 | #823 | 264 | 0.0139% |
| 2010 | #934 | 216 | 0.0113% |
| 2009 | #1,122 | 165 | 0.0083% |
| 2008 | #1,549 | 104 | 0.0051% |
| 2007 | #1,905 | 75 | 0.0036% |
| 2006 | #2,196 | 59 | 0.0029% |
| 2005 | #2,418 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 2004 | #2,823 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2003 | #2,823 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2002 | #2,621 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2001 | #3,799 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #3,193 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #3,655 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #5,065 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #6,409 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #5,802 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #4,991 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #5,723 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #3,586 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #4,747 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #5,770 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #5,231 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #5,426 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #5,511 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #4,131 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #6,394 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #6,227 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #3,829 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #4,739 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #4,113 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #4,779 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #6,636 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #5,492 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #4,912 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #5,179 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #3,921 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #3,264 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #2,758 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #3,191 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1969 | #4,210 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #2,836 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1967 | #3,803 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #3,752 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #3,859 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #3,011 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1960 | #2,986 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #3,459 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #4,276 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #3,663 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #2,997 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #4,020 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,527 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #3,519 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,576 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,109 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #3,941 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1919 | #4,523 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1918 | #4,528 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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