Lenore
- #1,962 for girls in 2025, 98 births
- Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,559
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1915 · 360 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,968since 1880
Lenore over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lenore has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #1,962 | 98 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,011 | 97 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,494 | 71 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,404 | 76 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,440 | 73 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,482 | 71 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,810 | 60 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,643 | 66 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,619 | 68 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,739 | 63 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,988 | 38 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,767 | 63 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,952 | 53 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,857 | 54 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,585 | 63 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,309 | 84 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,076 | 109 | — | |
| 1973 | #943 | 128 | — | |
| 1972 | #863 | 149 | — | |
| 1971 | #777 | 187 | — | |
| 1970 | #860 | 156 | — | |
| 1969 | #770 | 174 | — | |
| 1968 | #678 | 205 | — | |
| 1967 | #694 | 198 | — | |
| 1966 | #817 | 148 | — | |
| 1965 | #787 | 157 | — | |
| 1964 | #839 | 155 | — | |
| 1963 | #778 | 177 | — | |
| 1962 | #693 | 221 | — | |
| 1961 | #676 | 235 | — | |
| 1960 | #630 | 257 | — | |
| 1959 | #577 | 291 | — | |
| 1958 | #590 | 284 | — | |
| 1957 | #567 | 289 | — | |
| 1956 | #602 | 250 | — | |
| 1955 | #574 | 254 | — | |
| 1954 | #576 | 244 | — | |
| 1953 | #540 | 257 | — | |
| 1952 | #479 | 307 | — | |
| 1951 | #473 | 308 | — | |
| 1950 | #476 | 291 | — | |
| 1949 | #445 | 321 | — | |
| 1948 | #419 | 355 | — | |
| 1947 | #400 | 408 | — | |
| 1946 | #394 | 371 | — | |
| 1945 | #430 | 275 | — | |
| 1944 | #407 | 309 | — | |
| 1943 | #392 | 344 | — | |
| 1942 | #373 | 360 | — | |
| 1941 | #403 | 284 | — | |
| 1940 | #440 | 239 | — | |
| 1939 | #383 | 296 | — | |
| 1938 | #352 | 333 | — | |
| 1937 | #345 | 340 | — | |
| 1936 | #315 | 373 | — | |
| 1935 | #337 | 352 | — | |
| 1934 | #337 | 350 | — | |
| 1933 | #322 | 376 | — | |
| 1932 | #330 | 373 | — | |
| 1931 | #320 | 398 | — | |
| 1930 | #325 | 411 | — | |
| 1929 | #315 | 433 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #328 | 415 | — | |
| 1927 | #311 | 459 | — | |
| 1926 | #311 | 460 | — | |
| 1925 | #332 | 408 | — | |
| 1924 | #321 | 434 | — | |
| 1923 | #332 | 387 | — | |
| 1922 | #311 | 439 | — | |
| 1921 | #323 | 417 | — | |
| 1920 | #325 | 402 | — | |
| 1919 | #319 | 390 | — | |
| 1918 | #315 | 412 | — | |
| 1917 | #320 | 367 | — | |
| 1916 | #339 | 330 | — | |
| 1915 | #309 | 360 | — | |
| 1914 | #320 | 270 | — | |
| 1913 | #332 | 210 | — | |
| 1912 | #353 | 168 | — | |
| 1911 | #348 | 131 | — | |
| 1910 | #330 | 140 | — | |
| 1909 | #337 | 114 | — | |
| 1908 | #332 | 115 | — | |
| 1907 | #359 | 97 | — | |
| 1906 | #312 | 117 | — | |
| 1905 | #317 | 113 | — | |
| 1904 | #361 | 82 | — | |
| 1903 | #361 | 78 | — | |
| 1902 | #346 | 84 | — | |
| 1901 | #392 | 56 | — | |
| 1900 | #372 | 81 | — | |
| 1899 | #356 | 68 | — | |
| 1898 | #401 | 59 | — | |
| 1897 | #356 | 67 | — | |
| 1896 | #358 | 66 | — | |
| 1895 | #353 | 62 | — | |
| 1894 | #422 | 43 | — | |
| 1893 | #327 | 67 | — | |
| 1892 | #381 | 49 | — | |
| 1891 | #514 | 25 | — | |
| 1890 | #411 | 38 | — | |
| 1889 | #398 | 37 | — | |
| 1888 | #443 | 31 | — | |
| 1887 | #354 | 37 | — | |
| 1886 | #491 | 20 | — | |
| 1885 | #446 | 22 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | #418 | 19 | — | |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lenore was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992–1993, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.
Where Lenore is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Pennsylvania#871 · 1 in 4,669
- Illinois#1,240 · 1 in 7,388
- Ohio#1,438 · 1 in 9,454
- Texas#1,902 · 1 in 14,595
- California#2,276 · 1 in 20,216
Best ever in a state: #92 in North Dakota, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #871 | 10 | 1 in 4,669 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
| Texas | #1,902 | 11 | 1 in 14,595 |
| California | #2,276 | 8 | 1 in 20,216 |
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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 Lenore
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,645 spots since 2020 (#3,607 → #1,962)
- Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1885
- Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1974
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1915 at #309 (360 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 48 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 94 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1880–1973
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,524
- Highest: 1 in 2,524 girls born in 1906 were named Lenore (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,401 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #309 in 1915, was only 1 in 2,733 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 18.5% of all girls named Lenore (4,254) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 218 | #354 (1887) | #463 |
| 1890s | 544 | #327 (1893) | #388 |
| 1900s | 937 | #312 (1906) | #349 |
| 1910s | 2,778 | #309 (1915) | #329 |
| 1920s | 4,254 | #311 (1926) | #321 |
| 1930s | 3,602 | #315 (1936) | #337 |
| 1940s | 3,266 | #373 (1942) | #410 |
| 1950s | 2,775 | #473 (1951) | #545 |
| 1960s | 1,927 | #630 (1960) | #736 |
| 1970s | 1,030 | #777 (1971) | #1,323 |
| 1980s | 352 | #1,767 (1981) | #2,889 |
| 1990s | 157 | #3,817 (1991) | #6,401 |
| 2000s | 161 | #6,125 (2006) | #7,379 |
| 2010s | 511 | #2,482 (2019) | #3,422 |
| 2020s | 456 | #1,962 (2025) | #2,486 |
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.
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