Lenora
#538 for girls in 2025, 562 births · Last seen for boys in 1936 at #3,549
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 68 births
- Debut · girls
- 66 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 37,058since 1880
Lenora over time
Rank among girls' names. Lenora has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #538 | 562 | — | |
| 2024 | #714 | 393 | — | |
| 2023 | #766 | 368 | — | |
| 2022 | #930 | 290 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,067 | 236 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,114 | 219 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,103 | 222 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,223 | 191 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,236 | 193 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,358 | 174 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,609 | 133 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,583 | 136 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,666 | 127 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,132 | 89 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,638 | 67 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,614 | 69 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,992 | 59 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,009 | 53 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,232 | 59 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,913 | 73 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,174 | 59 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,639 | 84 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,433 | 91 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,717 | 68 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,445 | 86 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,432 | 81 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,247 | 101 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,325 | 94 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,102 | 126 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,260 | 103 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,294 | 97 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,231 | 101 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,191 | 103 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,009 | 124 | — | |
| 1975 | #899 | 146 | — | |
| 1974 | #863 | 151 | — | |
| 1973 | #824 | 159 | — | |
| 1972 | #751 | 186 | — | |
| 1971 | #686 | 222 | — | |
| 1970 | #668 | 238 | — | |
| 1969 | #632 | 245 | — | |
| 1968 | #575 | 278 | — | |
| 1967 | #516 | 339 | — | |
| 1966 | #557 | 290 | — | |
| 1965 | #517 | 339 | — | |
| 1964 | #504 | 376 | — | |
| 1963 | #500 | 378 | — | |
| 1962 | #489 | 394 | — | |
| 1961 | #462 | 448 | — | |
| 1960 | #448 | 473 | — | |
| 1959 | #434 | 489 | — | |
| 1958 | #431 | 478 | — | |
| 1957 | #378 | 579 | — | |
| 1956 | #398 | 515 | — | |
| 1955 | #427 | 429 | — | |
| 1954 | #438 | 402 | — | |
| 1953 | #417 | 428 | — | |
| 1952 | #408 | 425 | — | |
| 1951 | #409 | 410 | — | |
| 1950 | #390 | 433 | — | |
| 1949 | #392 | 409 | — | |
| 1948 | #395 | 403 | — | |
| 1947 | #395 | 411 | — | |
| 1946 | #400 | 363 | — | |
| 1945 | #389 | 332 | — | |
| 1944 | #353 | 382 | — | |
| 1943 | #343 | 433 | — | |
| 1942 | #330 | 440 | — | |
| 1941 | #311 | 440 | — | |
| 1940 | #315 | 410 | — | |
| 1939 | #295 | 429 | — | |
| 1938 | #313 | 390 | — | |
| 1937 | #301 | 420 | — | |
| 1936 | #305 | 392 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #282 | 462 | — | |
| 1934 | #286 | 459 | — | |
| 1933 | #281 | 460 | — | |
| 1932 | #285 | 481 | — | |
| 1931 | #304 | 440 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | #288 | 523 | — | |
| 1929 | #303 | 480 | — | |
| 1928 | #262 | 608 | — | |
| 1927 | #261 | 645 | — | |
| 1926 | #270 | 611 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #267 | 615 | — | |
| 1924 | #252 | 678 | — | |
| 1923 | #265 | 589 | — | |
| 1922 | #256 | 651 | — | |
| 1921 | #266 | 621 | — | |
| 1920 | #267 | 595 | — | |
| 1919 | #285 | 493 | — | |
| 1918 | #270 | 563 | — | |
| 1917 | #272 | 516 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #263 | 532 | — | |
| 1915 | #255 | 543 | — | |
| 1914 | #259 | 396 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #274 | 289 | — | |
| 1912 | #266 | 281 | — | |
| 1911 | #267 | 211 | — | |
| 1910 | #262 | 214 | — | |
| 1909 | #261 | 189 | — | |
| 1908 | #264 | 180 | — | |
| 1907 | #268 | 166 | — | |
| 1906 | #244 | 176 | — | |
| 1905 | #260 | 160 | — | |
| 1904 | #268 | 138 | — | |
| 1903 | #267 | 132 | — | |
| 1902 | #274 | 129 | — | |
| 1901 | #273 | 118 | — | |
| 1900 | #265 | 153 | — | |
| 1899 | #312 | 92 | — | |
| 1898 | #256 | 135 | — | |
| 1897 | #244 | 133 | — | |
| 1896 | #237 | 134 | — | |
| 1895 | #276 | 103 | — | |
| 1894 | #277 | 101 | — | |
| 1893 | #276 | 93 | — | |
| 1892 | #244 | 120 | — | |
| 1891 | #250 | 95 | — | |
| 1890 | #242 | 102 | — | |
| 1889 | #244 | 91 | — | |
| 1888 | #225 | 105 | — | |
| 1887 | #206 | 98 | — | |
| 1886 | #237 | 75 | — | |
| 1885 | #231 | 73 | — | |
| 1884 | #221 | 73 | — | |
| 1883 | #219 | 66 | — | |
| 1882 | #197 | 70 | — | |
| 1881 | #181 | 68 | — | |
| 1880 | #185 | 66 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lenora was already there! It came in at #185, and was given to 66 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995–2002, when fewer than 46 girls a year got the name.
Where Lenora is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#399 · 1 in 2,464
- Missouri#581 · 1 in 5,382
- North Carolina#722 · 1 in 6,572
- Florida#877 · 1 in 7,812
- Texas#1,252 · 1 in 13,889
Best ever in a state: #95 in North Dakota, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #399 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Missouri | #581 | 6 | 1 in 5,382 |
| North Carolina | #722 | 5 | 1 in 6,572 |
| Florida | #877 | 6 | 1 in 7,812 |
| Texas | #1,252 | 8 | 1 in 13,889 |
| California | #1,418 | 10 | 1 in 16,333 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lenora
- 176 spots since 2024 (#714 → #538)
- 576 spots since 2020 (#1,114 → #538)
- 1,071 spots since 2015 (#1,609 → #538)
- Biggest jump: 176 spots in 2025 (#714 → #538)
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1976 (#899 → #1,009)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #181 (68 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 117 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1975
- Highest: 1 in 1,352 girls born in 1881 were named Lenora (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,860 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 16.4% of all girls named Lenora (6,093) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 785 | #181 (1881) | #215 |
| 1890s | 1,108 | #237 (1896) | #261 |
| 1900s | 1,541 | #244 (1906) | #264 |
| 1910s | 4,038 | #255 (1915) | #267 |
| 1920s | 6,093 | #252 (1924) | #267 |
| 1930s | 4,456 | #281 (1933) | #294 |
| 1940s | 4,023 | #311 (1941) | #362 |
| 1950s | 4,588 | #378 (1957) | #413 |
| 1960s | 3,560 | #448 (1960) | #520 |
| 1970s | 1,527 | #668 (1970) | #942 |
| 1980s | 914 | #1,102 (1981) | #1,421 |
| 1990s | 491 | #1,913 (1991) | #2,695 |
| 2000s | 465 | #2,852 (2009) | #3,328 |
| 2010s | 1,401 | #1,103 (2019) | #1,716 |
| 2020s | 2,068 | #538 (2025) | #855 |
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.
Lenora in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 16,549 of them was named Lenora, which outranked 89.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,288Serina98
- #1,288Shakira98
- #1,288Shanelle98
- #1,294Lenora97
- #1,294Adam97
- #1,294Kendall97
- #1,294Lia97
- #1,301Alia96
- #1,301Apryl96
- #1,301Candis96
Tied with 6 names at #1,294; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.