Lenore
#1,962 for girls in 2025, 98 births · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,559
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1915 · 360 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,968since 1880
Lenore over time
Rank among girls' names. Lenore has never cracked the top 300 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 | #1,962 | 98 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,011 | 97 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,494 | 71 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,404 | 76 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,440 | 73 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,482 | 71 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,810 | 60 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,643 | 66 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,619 | 68 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,988 | 38 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,767 | 63 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,952 | 53 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,857 | 54 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,585 | 63 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,309 | 84 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,076 | 109 | — | |
| 1973 | #943 | 128 | — | |
| 1972 | #863 | 149 | — | |
| 1971 | #777 | 187 | — | |
| 1970 | #860 | 156 | — | |
| 1969 | #770 | 174 | — | |
| 1968 | #678 | 205 | — | |
| 1967 | #694 | 198 | — | |
| 1966 | #817 | 148 | — | |
| 1965 | #787 | 157 | — | |
| 1964 | #839 | 155 | — | |
| 1963 | #778 | 177 | — | |
| 1962 | #693 | 221 | — | |
| 1961 | #676 | 235 | — | |
| 1960 | #630 | 257 | — | |
| 1959 | #577 | 291 | — | |
| 1958 | #590 | 284 | — | |
| 1957 | #567 | 289 | — | |
| 1956 | #602 | 250 | — | |
| 1955 | #574 | 254 | — | |
| 1954 | #576 | 244 | — | |
| 1953 | #540 | 257 | — | |
| 1952 | #479 | 307 | — | |
| 1951 | #473 | 308 | — | |
| 1950 | #476 | 291 | — | |
| 1949 | #445 | 321 | — | |
| 1948 | #419 | 355 | — | |
| 1947 | #400 | 408 | — | |
| 1946 | #394 | 371 | — | |
| 1945 | #430 | 275 | — | |
| 1944 | #407 | 309 | — | |
| 1943 | #392 | 344 | — | |
| 1942 | #373 | 360 | — | |
| 1941 | #403 | 284 | — | |
| 1940 | #440 | 239 | — | |
| 1939 | #383 | 296 | — | |
| 1938 | #352 | 333 | — | |
| 1937 | #345 | 340 | — | |
| 1936 | #315 | 373 | — | |
| 1935 | #337 | 352 | — | |
| 1934 | #337 | 350 | — | |
| 1933 | #322 | 376 | — | |
| 1932 | #330 | 373 | — | |
| 1931 | #320 | 398 | — | |
| 1930 | #325 | 411 | — | |
| 1929 | #315 | 433 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #328 | 415 | — | |
| 1927 | #311 | 459 | — | |
| 1926 | #311 | 460 | — | |
| 1925 | #332 | 408 | — | |
| 1924 | #321 | 434 | — | |
| 1923 | #332 | 387 | — | |
| 1922 | #311 | 439 | — | |
| 1921 | #323 | 417 | — | |
| 1920 | #325 | 402 | — | |
| 1919 | #319 | 390 | — | |
| 1918 | #315 | 412 | — | |
| 1917 | #320 | 367 | — | |
| 1916 | #339 | 330 | — | |
| 1915 | #309 | 360 | — | |
| 1914 | #320 | 270 | — | |
| 1913 | #332 | 210 | — | |
| 1912 | #353 | 168 | — | |
| 1911 | #348 | 131 | — | |
| 1910 | #330 | 140 | — | |
| 1909 | #337 | 114 | — | |
| 1908 | #332 | 115 | — | |
| 1907 | #359 | 97 | — | |
| 1906 | #312 | 117 | — | |
| 1905 | #317 | 113 | — | |
| 1904 | #361 | 82 | — | |
| 1903 | #361 | 78 | — | |
| 1902 | #346 | 84 | — | |
| 1901 | #392 | 56 | — | |
| 1900 | #372 | 81 | — | |
| 1899 | #356 | 68 | — | |
| 1898 | #401 | 59 | — | |
| 1897 | #356 | 67 | — | |
| 1896 | #358 | 66 | — | |
| 1895 | #353 | 62 | — | |
| 1894 | #422 | 43 | — | |
| 1893 | #327 | 67 | — | |
| 1892 | #381 | 49 | — | |
| 1891 | #514 | 25 | — | |
| 1890 | #411 | 38 | — | |
| 1889 | #398 | 37 | — | |
| 1888 | #443 | 31 | — | |
| 1887 | #354 | 37 | — | |
| 1886 | #491 | 20 | — | |
| 1885 | #446 | 22 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | #418 | 19 | — | |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lenore was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992–1993, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lenore
- 49 spots since 2024 (#2,011 → #1,962)
- 1,645 spots since 2020 (#3,607 → #1,962)
- 657 spots since 2015 (#2,619 → #1,962)
- Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1885 (#583 → #446)
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1974 (#943 → #1,076)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #309 (360 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 48 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1973
- Highest: 1 in 2,524 girls born in 1906 were named Lenore (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,401 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #309 in 1915, was only 1 in 2,733 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.5% of all girls named Lenore (4,254) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 218 | #354 (1887) | #463 |
| 1890s | 544 | #327 (1893) | #388 |
| 1900s | 937 | #312 (1906) | #349 |
| 1910s | 2,778 | #309 (1915) | #329 |
| 1920s | 4,254 | #311 (1926) | #321 |
| 1930s | 3,602 | #315 (1936) | #337 |
| 1940s | 3,266 | #373 (1942) | #410 |
| 1950s | 2,775 | #473 (1951) | #545 |
| 1960s | 1,927 | #630 (1960) | #736 |
| 1970s | 1,030 | #777 (1971) | #1,323 |
| 1980s | 352 | #1,767 (1981) | #2,889 |
| 1990s | 157 | #3,817 (1991) | #6,401 |
| 2000s | 161 | #6,125 (2006) | #7,379 |
| 2010s | 511 | #2,482 (2019) | #3,422 |
| 2020s | 456 | #1,962 (2025) | #2,486 |
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.
Lenore in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 2,579 of them was named Lenore, which outranked 94.0% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 179,269 of them was named Lenore, which outranked 21.7% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,247Yates7
- #3,247Ysidoro7
- #3,247Zeke7
- #3,559Lenore6
- #3,559Abdon6
- #3,559Achilles6
- #3,559Addis6
- #3,959Adolphe5
- #3,959Adren5
- #3,959Agustine5
Tied with 399 names at #3,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.