Meaning and history
Lennox is from a Scottish surname derived from the name of a district in Scotland, called Leamhnachd in Gaelic, which possibly means “place of elms.” The name rose steadily in popularity in the 2000s, alongside the similar-sounding but unrelated names Lennon and Knox.
20062006: 59 births, rank #2,176
2007: 75 births, rank #1,890
2008: 104 births, rank #1,543
2009: 165 births, rank #1,118
2010: 216 births, rank #933
20112011: 264 births, rank #823
2012: 294 births, rank #772
2013: 357 births, rank #675
2014: 476 births, rank #585
2015: 601 births, rank #490
20162016: 700 births, rank #442
2017: 765 births, rank #409
2018: 879 births, rank #371
2019: 1,013 births, rank #330
2020: 1,169 births, rank #292
20212021: 1,402 births, rank #254
2022: 1,427 births, rank #248
2023: 1,286 births, rank #265
2024: 1,324 births, rank #264
20252025: 1,160 births, rank #289
Lennox moved from #264 to #289 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2022, with 1,427 births.