Leonora

#1,769 for girls in 2025, 114 births

Peak · girls
1880 · 26 births
Debut · girls
26 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,504
since 1880

Leonora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leonora has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #309, 1880girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,769114
2024#2,08092
2023#1,890105
2022#2,46373
2021#2,41674
2020#2,63164
2019#2,70963
2018#2,92856
2017#3,38746
2016#3,13952
2015#3,38947
2014#3,13752
2013#5,01327
2012#4,83629
2011#5,06327
2010#5,10827
2009#4,67731
2008#8,52914
2007#5,09728
2006#4,81129
2005#4,37331
2004#5,74421
2003#5,58621
2002#6,69816
2001#6,61916
2000#5,31221
1999#6,48415
1998#7,10413
1997#5,86816
1996#8,13210
1995#7,51411
1994#8,12210
1993#5,20618
1992#5,26718
1991#5,18118
1990#4,38022
1989#3,78426
1988#3,30629
1987#4,66017
1986#3,75722
1985#3,32826
1984#4,16618
1983#3,55522
1982#4,52716
1981#3,53223
1980#2,86631
1979#4,05218
1978#2,30539
1977#2,25740
1976#2,93225
1975#2,88125
1974#2,17237
1973#1,91343
1972#2,13536
1971#1,80549
1970#1,82848
1969#1,68551
1968#1,60751
1967#1,75143
1966#1,73642
1965#1,95035
1964#1,49757
1963#1,44959
1962#1,51155
1961#1,43560
1960#1,41760
1959#1,40758
1958#1,25372
1957#1,34462
1956#1,18677
1955#1,22967
1954#1,37753
1953#1,43946
1952#1,25657
1951#1,36247
1950#1,09071
1949#1,13564
1948#1,10565
1947#1,20456
1946#1,08761
1945#1,17545
1944#1,15346
1943#99663
1942#96066
1941#85173
1940#86268
1939#93057
1938#89063
1937#74184
1936#82766
1935#90458
1934#71786
1933#76474
1932#80172
1931#79373
1930#76185
1929#644117
1928#642120
1927#609137
1926#621132
1925#627136
1924#637138
1923#678120
1922#661120
1921#663124
1920#665118
1919#655113
1918#612133
1917#70895
1916#626117
1915#626110
1914#61886
1913#56183
1912#62063
1911#50767
1910#59349
1909#64437
1908#59340
1907#63734
1906#73125
1905#71325
1904#64029
1903#53936
1902#54535
1901#51335
1900#53140
1899#49036
1898#46145
1897#50933
1896#48736
1895#44041
1894#40946
1893#41442
1892#48931
1891#50626
1890#41237
1889#43031
1888#37441
1887#45924
1886#45922
1885#39427
1884#43821
1883#45118
1882#41819
1881#33823
1880#30926
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Leonora was already there! It came in at #309, and was given to 26 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994–1996, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.

See more about Leonora
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 311 spots since 2024 (#2,080#1,769)
  • 862 spots since 2020 (#2,631#1,769)
  • 1,620 spots since 2015 (#3,389#1,769)
  • Biggest jump: 96 spots in 1918 (#708#612)
  • Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1935 (#717#904)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #309 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 114 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,500
  • Highest: 1 in 3,500 girls born in 1880 were named Leonora (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,099 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.8% of all girls named Leonora (1,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s252#309 (1880)#407
1890s373#409 (1894)#462
1900s336#513 (1901)#609
1910s916#507 (1911)#613
1920s1,262#609 (1927)#645
1930s718#717 (1934)#813
1940s607#851 (1941)#1,053
1950s610#1,090 (1950)#1,294
1960s513#1,417 (1960)#1,604
1970s360#1,805 (1971)#2,428
1980s230#2,866 (1980)#3,748
1990s151#4,380 (1990)#6,326
2000s228#4,373 (2005)#5,745
2010s426#2,709 (2019)#3,871
2020s522#1,769 (2025)#2,208

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.

Leonora in 1922

girls
#661
120 births · 1 in 10,008 girls

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. #661Leonora120
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 10,008 of them was named Leonora, which outranked 88.6% 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 Leonora
  1. #657Vincenza122
  2. #659Leslie121
  3. #659Marcelle121
  4. #661Leonora120
  5. #661Adela120
  6. #661Larue120
  7. #661Sheila120
  8. #665Almeda119
  9. #665Bethel119
  10. #665Emilia119

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.

See the top 100 for 1922