Meaning not yet researched.
Leonora: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 114 in 2025. Its best rank was #314 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #314 in 1880; #1,772 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Leonora in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,772 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #314.
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Leonora: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 114 girls in 2025. Peak: #314 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 138 (1924).
In 2025, 114 US girls were named Leonora, making it the 1,772nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 318 places from #2,090 in 2024. That is 22 more than the 92 girls named Leonora in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #314, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 138, in 1924. For comparison, it was #3,417 in 2015 and #1,096 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Leonora in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 26 babies with the name. In all, 7,504 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,262 babies named Leonora.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 739 US girls were named Leonora; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 114. In 2025 that was about 1 in 14,099 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Leonora ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #833 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lenora (37,089 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Nell, Nellie and Nora.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and Latvian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
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 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 6 | #833 | — |
| New York | 17 | #929 | — |
| Virginia | 7 | #994 | — |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,101 | — |
| Florida | 10 | #1,387 | — |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,527 | #1,801 |
| California | 15 | #1,537 | #2,889 |
| Texas | 7 | #2,802 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,772 | — | — |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,090 | — | — |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,899 | — | — |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,482 | — | — |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,432 | — | — |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,647 | — | — |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,719 | — | — |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,951 | — | — |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,422 | — | — |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,167 | — | — |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,417 | — | — |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,167 | — | — |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,083 | — | — |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,917 | — | — |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,144 | — | — |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,189 | — | — |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,757 | — | — |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,778 | — | — |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,174 | — | — |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,899 | — | — |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,435 | — | — |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,872 | — | — |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,709 | — | — |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,900 | — | — |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,831 | — | — |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,413 | — | — |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,695 | — | — |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,367 | — | — |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,045 | — | — |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,547 | — | — |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,835 | — | — |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,510 | — | — |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,348 | — | — |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,389 | — | — |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,304 | — | — |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,450 | — | — |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,842 | — | — |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,358 | — | — |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,785 | — | — |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,827 | — | — |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,374 | — | — |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,254 | — | — |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,627 | — | — |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,627 | — | — |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,578 | — | — |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,913 | — | — |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,144 | — | — |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,334 | — | — |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,284 | — | — |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,968 | — | — |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,925 | — | — |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,197 | — | — |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,927 | — | — |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,159 | — | — |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,815 | — | — |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,848 | — | — |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,698 | — | — |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,616 | — | — |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,773 | — | — |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,753 | — | — |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,971 | — | — |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,513 | — | — |
| 1963 | 59 | #1,454 | — | — |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,519 | — | — |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,447 | — | — |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,422 | — | — |
| 1959 | 58 | #1,410 | — | — |
| 1958 | 72 | #1,258 | — | — |
| 1957 | 62 | #1,350 | — | — |
| 1956 | 77 | #1,189 | — | — |
| 1955 | 67 | #1,238 | — | — |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,389 | — | — |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,451 | — | — |
| 1952 | 57 | #1,263 | — | — |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,373 | — | — |
| 1950 | 71 | #1,096 | — | — |
| 1949 | 64 | #1,138 | — | — |
| 1948 | 65 | #1,109 | — | — |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,213 | — | — |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,181 | — | — |
| 1944 | 46 | #1,166 | — | — |
| 1943 | 63 | #1,000 | — | — |
| 1942 | 66 | #965 | — | — |
| 1941 | 73 | #853 | — | — |
| 1940 | 68 | #865 | — | — |
| 1939 | 57 | #932 | — | — |
| 1938 | 63 | #894 | — | — |
| 1937 | 84 | #744 | — | — |
| 1936 | 66 | #832 | — | — |
| 1935 | 58 | #907 | — | — |
| 1934 | 86 | #721 | — | — |
| 1933 | 74 | #765 | — | — |
| 1932 | 72 | #804 | — | — |
| 1931 | 73 | #795 | — | — |
| 1930 | 85 | #766 | — | — |
| 1929 | 117 | #646 | — | — |
| 1928 | 120 | #643 | — | — |
| 1927 | 137 | #610 | — | — |
| 1926 | 132 | #622 | — | — |
| 1925 | 136 | #628 | — | — |
| 1924 | 138 | #638 | — | — |
| 1923 | 120 | #679 | — | — |
| 1922 | 120 | #663 | — | — |
| 1921 | 124 | #664 | — | — |
| 1920 | 118 | #667 | — | — |
| 1919 | 113 | #659 | — | — |
| 1918 | 133 | #614 | — | — |
| 1917 | 95 | #710 | — | — |
| 1916 | 117 | #627 | — | — |
| 1915 | 110 | #626 | — | — |
| 1914 | 86 | #620 | — | — |
| 1913 | 83 | #565 | — | — |
| 1912 | 63 | #626 | — | — |
| 1911 | 67 | #509 | — | — |
| 1910 | 49 | #597 | — | — |
| 1909 | 37 | #655 | — | — |
| 1908 | 40 | #597 | — | — |
| 1907 | 34 | #643 | — | — |
| 1906 | 25 | #736 | — | — |
| 1905 | 25 | #721 | — | — |
| 1904 | 29 | #649 | — | — |
| 1903 | 36 | #544 | — | — |
| 1902 | 35 | #552 | — | — |
| 1901 | 35 | #516 | — | — |
| 1900 | 40 | #535 | — | — |
| 1899 | 36 | #494 | — | — |
| 1898 | 45 | #462 | — | — |
| 1897 | 33 | #518 | — | — |
| 1896 | 36 | #495 | — | — |
| 1895 | 41 | #446 | — | — |
| 1894 | 46 | #411 | — | — |
| 1893 | 42 | #419 | — | — |
| 1892 | 31 | #491 | — | — |
| 1891 | 26 | #510 | — | — |
| 1890 | 37 | #420 | — | — |
| 1889 | 31 | #433 | — | — |
| 1888 | 41 | #377 | — | — |
| 1887 | 24 | #463 | — | — |
| 1886 | 22 | #471 | — | — |
| 1885 | 27 | #398 | — | — |
| 1884 | 21 | #443 | — | — |
| 1883 | 18 | #457 | — | — |
| 1882 | 19 | #425 | — | — |
| 1881 | 23 | #343 | — | — |
| 1880 | 26 | #314 | — | — |
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).