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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #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 1939

girls
#918
59 births · 1 in 18,587 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #918Leonor59
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 18,587 of them was named Leonor, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonor
  1. #903Nanci60
  2. #903Rachael60
  3. #903Tanya60
  4. #918Leonor59
  5. #918Eldora59
  6. #918Marvel59
  7. #918Michelle59
  8. #925April58
  9. #925Corene58
  10. #925Hedy58

Tied with 6 names at #918; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. 880April#1,805#925
  2. 865Karel#1,703#838
  3. 725Hedy#1,650#925
  4. 722Vivien#1,703#981
  5. 709Karon#1,547#838
Fallers
  1. 712Eulalia#972#1,684
  2. 446Shelvia#955#1,401
  3. 358Naoma#992#1,350
  4. 304Imelda#890#1,194
  5. 279Helaine#870#1,149

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

See the top 100 for 1939