Leonor

#2,256 for girls in 2025, 81 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1909 · 31 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,173
since 1885

Leonor over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leonor has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #719, 1909girls
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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#2,25681
2024#2,06793
2023#2,82360
2022#2,85659
2021#3,55343
2020#2,85057
2019#3,66541
2018#3,34647
2017#3,43645
2016#3,52344
2015#3,76740
2014#4,45532
2013#4,88728
2012#5,71023
2011#4,56831
2010#4,49432
2009#4,93129
2008#4,64732
2007#3,78642
2006#3,61743
2005#4,48730
2004#6,21619
2003#4,03433
2002#4,38128
2001#4,10730
2000#3,45338
1999#3,04843
1998#2,92944
1997#2,97740
1996#3,56931
1995#2,48651
1994#3,09837
1993#2,93840
1992#2,43353
1991#2,59347#8,2365
1990#2,31754
1989#2,81039
1988#2,59741
1987#2,72336
1986#2,42041
1985#2,25345
1984#2,51537
1983#2,39839
1982#1,76962
1981#1,84859
1980#2,12848
1979#1,79560
1978#2,23741
1977#1,70161
1976#1,60262
1975#1,68956
1974#1,73352
1973#1,62256
1972#1,41469
1971#1,47369
1970#1,71953
1969#1,53160
1968#1,31171
1967#1,53753
1966#1,40361
1965#1,37964
1964#1,44361
1963#1,58051
1962#1,40762
1961#1,48157
1960#1,43059
1959#1,28170
1958#1,48152
1957#1,47452
1956#1,36558
1955#1,64139
1954#1,50545
1953#1,17268
1952#1,29754
1951#1,39645
1950#1,13566
1949#1,16561
1948#1,12463
1947#1,16160
1946#1,13156
1945#1,26140
1944#1,11549
1943#1,21244
1942#1,07653
1941#1,20639
1940#1,11442
1939#91859
1938#1,03148
1937#86264
1936#1,00347
1935#91257
1934#95552
1933#1,06243
1932#1,04346
1931#87661
1930#83173
1929#73590
1928#75689
1927#85674
1926#78385
1925#86175
1924#89371
1923#82878
1922#80881#4,3075
1921#77988
1920#88068
1919#87065
1918#97754
1917#1,02647
1916#89357
1915#99045
1914#97237
1913#92533
1912#83336
1911#83826
1910#91422
1909#71931
1908#1,04415
1907#1,09213
1906#84519
1905#1,5387
1904#1,17010
1903#86216
1902#1,13310
1901#1,2278
1900#1,5617
1899#1,0999
1898#84016
1897#1,5555
1896#1,4166
1895
1894#1,4855
1893#1,2776
1892#1,2786
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,1366
1887
1886
1885#9216
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Leonor! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Leonor
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 189 spots since 2024 (#2,067#2,256)
  • 594 spots since 2020 (#2,850#2,256)
  • 1,511 spots since 2015 (#3,767#2,256)
  • Biggest jump: 715 spots in 1898 (#1,555#840)
  • Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1904 (#862#1,170)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1909 at #719 (31 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1918–1931
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,201
  • Highest: 1 in 11,201 girls born in 1909 were named Leonor (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 19,843 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 12.9% of all girls named Leonor (799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#921 (1885)#1,029
1890s53#840 (1898)#1,279
1900s136#719 (1909)#1,119
1910s422#833 (1912)#924
1920s799#735 (1929)#818
1930s550#831 (1930)#949
1940s507#1,076 (1942)#1,157
1950s549#1,135 (1950)#1,375
1960s599#1,311 (1968)#1,450
1970s579#1,414 (1972)#1,699
1980s447#1,769 (1982)#2,346
1990s440#2,317 (1990)#2,839
2000s324#3,453 (2000)#4,366
2010s363#3,346 (2018)#4,185
2020s393#2,067 (2024)#2,734

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.

Leonor in 1922

girls
#808
81 births · 1 in 14,827 girls
boys
#4,307
5 births · 1 in 217,631 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #808Leonor81

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #4,307Leonor5
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 14,827 of them was named Leonor, which outranked 86.0% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonor
  1. #803Lavinia82
  2. #803Lea82
  3. #803Ofelia82
  4. #808Leonor81
  5. #808Bridget81
  6. #808Dottie81
  7. #808Eve81
  8. #819Henry80
  9. #819Hildred80
  10. #819Magdalena80

Tied with 10 names at #808; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 217,631 of them was named Leonor, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonor
  1. #3,872Yoshiro6
  2. #3,872Zelmer6
  3. #3,872Zygmont6
  4. #4,307Leonor5
  5. #4,307Achilles5
  6. #4,307Addis5
  7. #4,307Adelaido5

Tied with 660 names at #4,307; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922