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

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Peak · girls
1881 · 68 births
Debut · girls
66 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
37,058
since 1880

Lenora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lenora has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201931peak #181, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#538562
2024#714393
2023#766368
2022#930290
2021#1,067236
2020#1,114219
2019#1,103222
2018#1,223191
2017#1,236193
2016#1,358174
2015#1,609133
2014#1,583136
2013#1,666127
2012#2,13289
2011#2,63867
2010#2,61469
2009#2,85261
2008#3,64544
2007#2,99259
2006#3,91938
2005#3,00953
2004#3,26546
2003#3,04349
2002#4,07131
2001#3,41739
2000#3,07045
1999#3,14841
1998#3,73031
1997#3,22436
1996#2,90141
1995#3,02238
1994#2,23259
1993#2,45151
1992#2,15662
1991#1,91373
1990#2,17459
1989#1,63984
1988#1,61480
1987#1,43391
1986#1,71768
1985#1,44586
1984#1,43281
1983#1,247101
1982#1,32594
1981#1,102126
1980#1,260103
1979#1,29497
1978#1,231101
1977#1,191103
1976#1,009124
1975#899146
1974#863151
1973#824159
1972#751186
1971#686222
1970#668238
1969#632245
1968#575278
1967#516339
1966#557290
1965#517339
1964#504376
1963#500378
1962#489394
1961#462448
1960#448473
1959#434489
1958#431478
1957#378579
1956#398515
1955#427429
1954#438402
1953#417428
1952#408425
1951#409410
1950#390433
1949#392409
1948#395403
1947#395411
1946#400363
1945#389332
1944#353382
1943#343433
1942#330440
1941#311440
1940#315410
1939#295429
1938#313390
1937#301420
1936#305392#3,5495
1935#282462
1934#286459
1933#281460
1932#285481
1931#304440#3,0957
1930#288523
1929#303480
1928#262608
1927#261645
1926#270611#3,3857
1925#267615
1924#252678
1923#265589
1922#256651
1921#266621
1920#267595
1919#285493
1918#270563
1917#272516#3,5456
1916#263532
1915#255543
1914#259396#2,9156
1913#274289
1912#266281
1911#267211
1910#262214
1909#261189
1908#264180
1907#268166
1906#244176
1905#260160
1904#268138
1903#267132
1902#274129
1901#273118
1900#265153
1899#31292
1898#256135
1897#244133
1896#237134
1895#276103
1894#277101
1893#27693
1892#244120
1891#25095
1890#242102
1889#24491
1888#225105
1887#20698
1886#23775
1885#23173
1884#22173
1883#21966
1882#19770
1881#18168
1880#18566
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #181 (68 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 117 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 100 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,352
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.4% of all girls named Lenora (6,093) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s785#181 (1881)#215
1890s1,108#237 (1896)#261
1900s1,541#244 (1906)#264
1910s4,038#255 (1915)#267
1920s6,093#252 (1924)#267
1930s4,456#281 (1933)#294
1940s4,023#311 (1941)#362
1950s4,588#378 (1957)#413
1960s3,560#448 (1960)#520
1970s1,527#668 (1970)#942
1980s914#1,102 (1981)#1,421
1990s491#1,913 (1991)#2,695
2000s465#2,852 (2009)#3,328
2010s1,401#1,103 (2019)#1,716
2020s2,068#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 1931

girls
#304
440 births · 1 in 2,420 girls
boys
#3,095
7 births · 1 in 148,524 boys

Top girls' names in 1931

  1. #1Mary60,299
  2. #2Betty36,105
  3. #3Dorothy26,524
  4. #4Barbara21,804
  5. #5Joan19,119
  6. #6Helen17,664
  7. #7Margaret17,332
  8. #8Patricia16,469
  9. #9Shirley14,405
  10. #10Doris13,629
  11. #304Lenora440

Top boys' names in 1931

  1. #1Robert60,519
  2. #2James51,212
  3. #3John48,423
  4. #4William43,280
  5. #5Richard31,822
  6. #6Charles29,934
  7. #7Donald29,100
  8. #8George20,685
  9. #9Joseph19,326
  10. #10Thomas16,847
  11. #3,095Lenora7
More about 1931

girls

1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 2,420 of them was named Lenora, which outranked 93.9% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lenora
  1. #301Jewell448
  2. #302Lee446
  3. #303Jeannine445
  4. #304Lenora440
  5. #305Helene439
  6. #306Gracie435
  7. #307Alta429
Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 857Joretta#1,320#463
  2. 519Joetta#1,460#941
  3. 483Sondra#1,031#548
  4. 465Celine#1,460#995
  5. 343Lynne#1,274#931
Fallers
  1. 377Margo#937#1,314
  2. 349Rachael#894#1,243
  3. 317Evelyne#926#1,243
  4. 287Vivien#971#1,258
  5. 283Ardeth#629#912

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 148,524 of them was named Lenora, which outranked 28.4% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lenora
  1. #2,864Worthy8
  2. #2,864York8
  3. #2,864Ysabel8
  4. #3,095Lenora7
  5. #3,095Achille7
  6. #3,095Admiral7
  7. #3,095Akio7
  8. #3,390Ada6
  9. #3,390Adelaido6
  10. #3,390Alcee6

Tied with 294 names at #3,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1930
Risers
  1. 794Kenton#1,753#959
  2. 420Wyman#1,330#910
  3. 408Jan#1,330#922
  4. 402Leopold#1,399#997
  5. 398Odie#1,299#901
Fallers
  1. 513Artie#976#1,489
  2. 469Arnulfo#892#1,361
  3. 385Rose#832#1,217
  4. 357Ransom#976#1,333
  5. 343Jodie#990#1,333

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1931