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

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Peak · girls
1915 · 360 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
22,968
since 1880

Lenore over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #309, 1915girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,96298—
2024#2,01197—
2023#2,49471—
2022#2,40476—
2021#2,44073—
2020#3,60741—
2019#2,48271—
2018#2,81060—
2017#3,38746—
2016#2,64366—
2015#2,61968—
2014#2,73963—
2013#3,70341—
2012#3,98838—
2011#4,24434—
2010#5,60224—
2009#6,31721—
2008#6,35021—
2007#7,09218—
2006#6,12521—
2005#7,13816—
2004#8,25913—
2003#7,58014—
2002#10,2469—
2001#8,19612—
2000#6,48716—
1999#7,71612—
1998#5,12320—
1997#6,48314—
1996#8,8129—
1995#7,04112—
1994#5,01619—
1993#7,03812—
1992#8,7349—
1991#3,81727—
1990#4,23023—
1989#3,47729—
1988#3,48327—
1987#4,47418—
1986#2,30044—
1985#2,80433—
1984#2,78132—
1983#2,78331—
1982#2,58136—
1981#1,76763—
1980#2,44039—
1979#1,95253—
1978#2,01247—
1977#1,85754—
1976#1,58563—
1975#1,30984—
1974#1,076109—
1973#943128—
1972#863149—
1971#777187—
1970#860156—
1969#770174—
1968#678205—
1967#694198—
1966#817148—
1965#787157—
1964#839155—
1963#778177—
1962#693221—
1961#676235—
1960#630257—
1959#577291—
1958#590284—
1957#567289—
1956#602250—
1955#574254—
1954#576244—
1953#540257—
1952#479307—
1951#473308—
1950#476291—
1949#445321—
1948#419355—
1947#400408—
1946#394371—
1945#430275—
1944#407309—
1943#392344—
1942#373360—
1941#403284—
1940#440239—
1939#383296—
1938#352333—
1937#345340—
1936#315373—
1935#337352—
1934#337350—
1933#322376—
1932#330373—
1931#320398—
1930#325411—
1929#315433#3,5596
1928#328415—
1927#311459—
1926#311460—
1925#332408—
1924#321434—
1923#332387—
1922#311439—
1921#323417—
1920#325402—
1919#319390—
1918#315412—
1917#320367—
1916#339330—
1915#309360—
1914#320270—
1913#332210—
1912#353168—
1911#348131—
1910#330140—
1909#337114—
1908#332115—
1907#35997—
1906#312117—
1905#317113—
1904#36182—
1903#36178—
1902#34684—
1901#39256—
1900#37281—
1899#35668—
1898#40159—
1897#35667—
1896#35866—
1895#35362—
1894#42243—
1893#32767—
1892#38149—
1891#51425—
1890#41138—
1889#39837—
1888#44331—
1887#35437—
1886#49120—
1885#44622—
1884#58313—
1883#46517—
1882#41819—
1881#53910—
1880#49212—
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 1899

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lenore
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 49 spots since 2024 (#2,011 → #1,962)
  • 1,645 spots since 2020 (#3,607 → #1,962)
  • 657 spots since 2015 (#2,619 → #1,962)
  • Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1885 (#583 → #446)
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 1974 (#943 → #1,076)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s218#354 (1887)#463
1890s544#327 (1893)#388
1900s937#312 (1906)#349
1910s2,778#309 (1915)#329
1920s4,254#311 (1926)#321
1930s3,602#315 (1936)#337
1940s3,266#373 (1942)#410
1950s2,775#473 (1951)#545
1960s1,927#630 (1960)#736
1970s1,030#777 (1971)#1,323
1980s352#1,767 (1981)#2,889
1990s157#3,817 (1991)#6,401
2000s161#6,125 (2006)#7,379
2010s511#2,482 (2019)#3,422
2020s456#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.

Lenore in 1899

girls
#356
68 births · 1 in 3,427 girls

Top girls' names in 1899

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,115
  3. #3Helen5,048
  4. #4Margaret4,249
  5. #5Ruth3,912
  6. #6Florence3,314
  7. #7Elizabeth3,287
  8. #8Marie3,156
  9. #9Ethel2,999
  10. #10Lillian2,703
  11. #356Lenore68
More about 1899

girls

233,022 girls got a published name in 1899; 1 in 3,427 of them was named Lenore, which outranked 80.7% of the 1,842 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lenore
  1. #352Vada71
  2. #354Dolly70
  3. #355Linnie69
  4. #356Lenore68
  5. #356Verda68
  6. #358Ivy67
  7. #359Rae66
  8. #359Tessie66

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. ↑ 972Tula#1,700 → #728
  2. ↑ 865Josefina#1,700 → #835
  3. ↑ 822Lempi#1,700 → #878
  4. ↑ 822Villa#1,700 → #878
  5. ↑ 774Fae#1,502 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 946Rosia#650 → #1,596
  2. ↓ 710Lelar#886 → #1,596
  3. ↓ 676Tinnie#920 → #1,596
  4. ↓ 676Tracy#920 → #1,596
  5. ↓ 633Alena#963 → #1,596

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1899 →