Meaning not yet researched.
Lenora: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 562 in 2025. Its best rank was #183 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #183 in 1881; #539 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lenora in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#539 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #183.
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Lenora: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 562 girls in 2025. Peak: #183 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 678 (1924).
In 2025, 562 US girls were named Lenora, making it the 539th most common girls’ name of the year, up 177 places from #716 in 2024. That is 169 more than the 393 girls named Lenora in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #183, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 678, in 1924. For comparison, it was #1,617 in 2015 and #392 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lenora in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 66 babies with the name. In all, 37,089 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 6,100 babies named Lenora.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,848 US girls were named Lenora; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 562. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,860 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lenora ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #175 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lenore (22,974 babies since 1880) and Leonora (7,504 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Leanora, Lynora and Lenorah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lee and Nora.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Latvian and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Leanora (1,469), Lynora (211), Lenorah (97), Lynnora (31), Linora (26), Leonara (16), Leenora (16), Lennora (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 18 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 5 | #175 | — |
| Wisconsin | 28 | #199 | — |
| Minnesota | 24 | #238 | — |
| Iowa | 15 | #241 | — |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #257 | — |
| Nebraska | 7 | #320 | — |
| Michigan | 28 | #322 | — |
| Missouri | 18 | #340 | #802 |
| Oregon | 11 | #341 | — |
| Kentucky | 13 | #352 | — |
| Ohio | 32 | #353 | #1,027 |
| Illinois | 26 | #414 | #1,568 |
| Kansas | 8 | #427 | — |
| Indiana | 16 | #434 | #824 |
| Washington | 16 | #438 | #1,218 |
| Colorado | 13 | #445 | #665 |
| Alabama | 11 | #464 | — |
| Tennessee | 16 | #491 | — |
| New York | 32 | #525 | #1,702 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #530 | — |
| Maryland | 10 | #531 | — |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #543 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #544 | #1,555 |
| North Carolina | 18 | #591 | — |
| Georgia | 16 | #664 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #667 | — |
| Virginia | 11 | #688 | — |
| Arizona | 9 | #722 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #861 | — |
| Texas | 33 | #891 | #3,106 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #995 | — |
| California | 21 | #1,208 | #2,888 |
| Florida | 12 | #1,213 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 562 | #539 | — | — |
| 2024 | 393 | #716 | — | — |
| 2023 | 368 | #766 | — | — |
| 2022 | 290 | #931 | — | — |
| 2021 | 236 | #1,068 | — | — |
| 2020 | 219 | #1,114 | — | — |
| 2019 | 222 | #1,106 | — | — |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,226 | — | — |
| 2017 | 193 | #1,238 | — | — |
| 2016 | 174 | #1,363 | — | — |
| 2015 | 133 | #1,617 | — | — |
| 2014 | 136 | #1,585 | — | — |
| 2013 | 127 | #1,671 | — | — |
| 2012 | 89 | #2,139 | — | — |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,652 | — | — |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,630 | — | — |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,874 | — | — |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,680 | — | — |
| 2007 | 59 | #3,018 | — | — |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,963 | — | — |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,038 | — | — |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,306 | — | — |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,075 | — | — |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,139 | — | — |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,463 | — | — |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,102 | — | — |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,168 | — | — |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,788 | — | — |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,273 | — | — |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,933 | — | — |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,057 | — | — |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,242 | — | — |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,474 | — | — |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,170 | — | — |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,925 | — | — |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,188 | — | — |
| 1989 | 84 | #1,646 | — | — |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,627 | — | — |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,442 | — | — |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,727 | — | — |
| 1985 | 86 | #1,454 | — | — |
| 1984 | 81 | #1,439 | — | — |
| 1983 | 101 | #1,249 | — | — |
| 1982 | 94 | #1,330 | — | — |
| 1981 | 126 | #1,105 | — | — |
| 1980 | 103 | #1,263 | — | — |
| 1979 | 97 | #1,296 | — | — |
| 1978 | 101 | #1,234 | — | — |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,195 | — | — |
| 1976 | 124 | #1,012 | — | — |
| 1975 | 146 | #901 | — | — |
| 1974 | 151 | #865 | — | — |
| 1973 | 159 | #827 | — | — |
| 1972 | 186 | #751 | — | — |
| 1971 | 222 | #688 | — | — |
| 1970 | 238 | #671 | — | — |
| 1969 | 245 | #632 | — | — |
| 1968 | 278 | #576 | — | — |
| 1967 | 339 | #516 | — | — |
| 1966 | 290 | #557 | — | — |
| 1965 | 339 | #518 | — | — |
| 1964 | 376 | #505 | — | — |
| 1963 | 378 | #500 | — | — |
| 1962 | 394 | #489 | — | — |
| 1961 | 448 | #463 | — | — |
| 1960 | 473 | #448 | — | — |
| 1959 | 489 | #434 | — | — |
| 1958 | 478 | #432 | — | — |
| 1957 | 579 | #378 | — | — |
| 1956 | 515 | #398 | — | — |
| 1955 | 429 | #427 | — | — |
| 1954 | 402 | #438 | — | — |
| 1953 | 428 | #417 | — | — |
| 1952 | 425 | #408 | — | — |
| 1951 | 410 | #409 | — | — |
| 1950 | 433 | #392 | — | — |
| 1949 | 409 | #392 | — | — |
| 1948 | 403 | #395 | — | — |
| 1947 | 411 | #396 | — | — |
| 1946 | 363 | #400 | — | — |
| 1945 | 332 | #390 | — | — |
| 1944 | 382 | #354 | — | — |
| 1943 | 433 | #343 | — | — |
| 1942 | 440 | #330 | — | — |
| 1941 | 440 | #311 | — | — |
| 1940 | 410 | #315 | — | — |
| 1939 | 429 | #295 | — | — |
| 1938 | 390 | #313 | — | — |
| 1937 | 420 | #301 | — | — |
| 1936 | 392 | #305 | 5 | #3,844 |
| 1935 | 462 | #282 | — | — |
| 1934 | 459 | #286 | — | — |
| 1933 | 460 | #281 | — | — |
| 1932 | 481 | #285 | — | — |
| 1931 | 440 | #304 | 7 | #3,272 |
| 1930 | 523 | #288 | — | — |
| 1929 | 480 | #304 | — | — |
| 1928 | 608 | #262 | — | — |
| 1927 | 645 | #261 | — | — |
| 1926 | 611 | #270 | 7 | #3,574 |
| 1925 | 615 | #267 | — | — |
| 1924 | 678 | #252 | — | — |
| 1923 | 589 | #265 | — | — |
| 1922 | 651 | #256 | — | — |
| 1921 | 621 | #266 | — | — |
| 1920 | 595 | #267 | — | — |
| 1919 | 493 | #285 | — | — |
| 1918 | 563 | #270 | — | — |
| 1917 | 516 | #272 | 6 | #3,790 |
| 1916 | 532 | #263 | — | — |
| 1915 | 543 | #255 | — | — |
| 1914 | 396 | #260 | 6 | #3,105 |
| 1913 | 289 | #275 | — | — |
| 1912 | 281 | #266 | — | — |
| 1911 | 211 | #268 | — | — |
| 1910 | 214 | #262 | — | — |
| 1909 | 189 | #262 | — | — |
| 1908 | 180 | #264 | — | — |
| 1907 | 166 | #268 | — | — |
| 1906 | 176 | #245 | — | — |
| 1905 | 160 | #261 | — | — |
| 1904 | 138 | #270 | — | — |
| 1903 | 132 | #269 | — | — |
| 1902 | 129 | #275 | — | — |
| 1901 | 118 | #273 | — | — |
| 1900 | 153 | #265 | — | — |
| 1899 | 92 | #313 | — | — |
| 1898 | 135 | #257 | — | — |
| 1897 | 133 | #244 | — | — |
| 1896 | 134 | #239 | — | — |
| 1895 | 103 | #278 | — | — |
| 1894 | 101 | #277 | — | — |
| 1893 | 93 | #276 | — | — |
| 1892 | 120 | #244 | — | — |
| 1891 | 95 | #250 | — | — |
| 1890 | 102 | #245 | — | — |
| 1889 | 91 | #244 | — | — |
| 1888 | 105 | #225 | — | — |
| 1887 | 98 | #206 | — | — |
| 1886 | 75 | #238 | — | — |
| 1885 | 73 | #232 | — | — |
| 1884 | 73 | #223 | — | — |
| 1883 | 66 | #220 | — | — |
| 1882 | 70 | #199 | — | — |
| 1881 | 68 | #183 | — | — |
| 1880 | 66 | #185 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).