Lenka

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lenka: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lenka: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #905, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#905highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2004	#3197
2005	#4798
2006	#2509
2009	#3422
2010	#4688
2011	#2636
2012	#4171
2013	#2649
2014	#2314
2015	#4736
2016	#2547
2017	#3583
2018	#3518
2019	#4001
2020	#4535
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2023	#4056
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5669 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3900 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2022
Highest recorded position: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2011–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lenka appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 112 births with the name.

Lenka across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lenka's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3900 (1999)	#2314 (2014)	#5891 (2024)	20 of 26	112 (1999–2024)	11 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#905 (2022)	#905 (2022)	2 of 12	6 (2011–2022)	3 (2011)

Lenka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lenka in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	22	4 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	69	10 of 10	7
2020s	18	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lenka appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #905 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Lenka's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #905, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lene · #4, 73y
Leni · #288, 45y
Lenna · #2458, 18y
Lennard · #1703, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Arushi · #905, 16y
Clea · #907, 24y
Eowyn · #907, 22y
Elvie · #910, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Emerald · #905, 29y
Maymunah · #905, 27y
Myriam · #905, 26y
Senna · #905, 26y

Lenka was ranked #905 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lenka and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lenka without appearing here.

Lenka moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #4684.
Kristin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #4763.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #5765.
Josefine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Lenka

Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3695.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2682.
Maren Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Carter Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #3117.

Moved the opposite way to Lenka

Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenka went from #3900 to #5891 while Ada went from #2189 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenka went from #3900 to #5891 while Alma went from #3225 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenka went from #3900 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #483 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenka went from #3900 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2770 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Lenka

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenka went from #3900 to #5891 and Abigail from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenka went from #3900 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenka went from #3900 to #5891 and Aisling from #410 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenka went from #3900 to #5891 and Alex from #204 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #905 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lenka

Lenka at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lenka across 2 official records

Lenka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lenka appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Lenka moved ahead of

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Lenka at a glance

Lenka across 2 official records

Lenka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lenka appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lenka

Lenka and the names beside it

Lenka moved ahead of

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