Lenora
#538 for girls in 2025, 562 births · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,549
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 68 births
- Debut · girls
- 66 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 37,058since 1880
Lenora over time
Rank among girls' names. Lenora has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #538 | 562 | — | |
| 2024 | #714 | 393 | — | |
| 2023 | #766 | 368 | — | |
| 2022 | #930 | 290 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,067 | 236 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,114 | 219 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,103 | 222 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,223 | 191 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,236 | 193 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,358 | 174 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,609 | 133 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,583 | 136 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,666 | 127 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,132 | 89 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,638 | 67 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,614 | 69 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,992 | 59 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,009 | 53 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,232 | 59 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,913 | 73 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,174 | 59 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,639 | 84 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,433 | 91 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,717 | 68 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,445 | 86 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,432 | 81 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,247 | 101 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,325 | 94 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,102 | 126 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,260 | 103 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,294 | 97 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,231 | 101 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,191 | 103 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,009 | 124 | — | |
| 1975 | #899 | 146 | — | |
| 1974 | #863 | 151 | — | |
| 1973 | #824 | 159 | — | |
| 1972 | #751 | 186 | — | |
| 1971 | #686 | 222 | — | |
| 1970 | #668 | 238 | — | |
| 1969 | #632 | 245 | — | |
| 1968 | #575 | 278 | — | |
| 1967 | #516 | 339 | — | |
| 1966 | #557 | 290 | — | |
| 1965 | #517 | 339 | — | |
| 1964 | #504 | 376 | — | |
| 1963 | #500 | 378 | — | |
| 1962 | #489 | 394 | — | |
| 1961 | #462 | 448 | — | |
| 1960 | #448 | 473 | — | |
| 1959 | #434 | 489 | — | |
| 1958 | #431 | 478 | — | |
| 1957 | #378 | 579 | — | |
| 1956 | #398 | 515 | — | |
| 1955 | #427 | 429 | — | |
| 1954 | #438 | 402 | — | |
| 1953 | #417 | 428 | — | |
| 1952 | #408 | 425 | — | |
| 1951 | #409 | 410 | — | |
| 1950 | #390 | 433 | — | |
| 1949 | #392 | 409 | — | |
| 1948 | #395 | 403 | — | |
| 1947 | #395 | 411 | — | |
| 1946 | #400 | 363 | — | |
| 1945 | #389 | 332 | — | |
| 1944 | #353 | 382 | — | |
| 1943 | #343 | 433 | — | |
| 1942 | #330 | 440 | — | |
| 1941 | #311 | 440 | — | |
| 1940 | #315 | 410 | — | |
| 1939 | #295 | 429 | — | |
| 1938 | #313 | 390 | — | |
| 1937 | #301 | 420 | — | |
| 1936 | #305 | 392 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #282 | 462 | — | |
| 1934 | #286 | 459 | — | |
| 1933 | #281 | 460 | — | |
| 1932 | #285 | 481 | — | |
| 1931 | #304 | 440 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #288 | 523 | — | |
| 1929 | #303 | 480 | — | |
| 1928 | #262 | 608 | — | |
| 1927 | #261 | 645 | — | |
| 1926 | #270 | 611 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #267 | 615 | — | |
| 1924 | #252 | 678 | — | |
| 1923 | #265 | 589 | — | |
| 1922 | #256 | 651 | — | |
| 1921 | #266 | 621 | — | |
| 1920 | #267 | 595 | — | |
| 1919 | #285 | 493 | — | |
| 1918 | #270 | 563 | — | |
| 1917 | #272 | 516 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #263 | 532 | — | |
| 1915 | #255 | 543 | — | |
| 1914 | #259 | 396 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #274 | 289 | — | |
| 1912 | #266 | 281 | — | |
| 1911 | #267 | 211 | — | |
| 1910 | #262 | 214 | — | |
| 1909 | #261 | 189 | — | |
| 1908 | #264 | 180 | — | |
| 1907 | #268 | 166 | — | |
| 1906 | #244 | 176 | — | |
| 1905 | #260 | 160 | — | |
| 1904 | #268 | 138 | — | |
| 1903 | #267 | 132 | — | |
| 1902 | #274 | 129 | — | |
| 1901 | #273 | 118 | — | |
| 1900 | #265 | 153 | — | |
| 1899 | #312 | 92 | — | |
| 1898 | #256 | 135 | — | |
| 1897 | #244 | 133 | — | |
| 1896 | #237 | 134 | — | |
| 1895 | #276 | 103 | — | |
| 1894 | #277 | 101 | — | |
| 1893 | #276 | 93 | — | |
| 1892 | #244 | 120 | — | |
| 1891 | #250 | 95 | — | |
| 1890 | #242 | 102 | — | |
| 1889 | #244 | 91 | — | |
| 1888 | #225 | 105 | — | |
| 1887 | #206 | 98 | — | |
| 1886 | #237 | 75 | — | |
| 1885 | #231 | 73 | — | |
| 1884 | #221 | 73 | — | |
| 1883 | #219 | 66 | — | |
| 1882 | #197 | 70 | — | |
| 1881 | #181 | 68 | — | |
| 1880 | #185 | 66 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lenora was already there! It came in at #185, and was given to 66 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995–2002, when fewer than 46 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lenora
- 176 spots since 2024 (#714 → #538)
- 576 spots since 2020 (#1,114 → #538)
- 1,071 spots since 2015 (#1,609 → #538)
- Biggest jump: 176 spots in 2025 (#714 → #538)
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1976 (#899 → #1,009)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #181 (68 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 117 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1975
- Highest: 1 in 1,352 girls born in 1881 were named Lenora (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,860 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 16.4% of all girls named Lenora (6,093) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 785 | #181 (1881) | #215 |
| 1890s | 1,108 | #237 (1896) | #261 |
| 1900s | 1,541 | #244 (1906) | #264 |
| 1910s | 4,038 | #255 (1915) | #267 |
| 1920s | 6,093 | #252 (1924) | #267 |
| 1930s | 4,456 | #281 (1933) | #294 |
| 1940s | 4,023 | #311 (1941) | #362 |
| 1950s | 4,588 | #378 (1957) | #413 |
| 1960s | 3,560 | #448 (1960) | #520 |
| 1970s | 1,527 | #668 (1970) | #942 |
| 1980s | 914 | #1,102 (1981) | #1,421 |
| 1990s | 491 | #1,913 (1991) | #2,695 |
| 2000s | 465 | #2,852 (2009) | #3,328 |
| 2010s | 1,401 | #1,103 (2019) | #1,716 |
| 2020s | 2,068 | #538 (2025) | #855 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lenora in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,940 of them was named Lenora, which outranked 95.2% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 158,644 of them was named Lenora, which outranked 30.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,139Zebedee8
- #3,139Zeke8
- #3,139Zoltan8
- #3,385Lenora7
- #3,385Abelino7
- #3,385Ad7
- #3,385Adalbert7
- #3,708Abrom6
- #3,708Ada6
- #3,708Adalberto6
Tied with 322 names at #3,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.