Leonor
#2,256 for girls in 2025, 81 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1909 · 31 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,173since 1885
Leonor over time
Rank among girls' names. Leonor has never cracked the top 700 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 | #2,256 | 81 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,067 | 93 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,823 | 60 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,856 | 59 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,850 | 57 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,665 | 41 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,436 | 45 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,455 | 32 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,786 | 42 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,569 | 31 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,486 | 51 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,938 | 40 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,433 | 53 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,593 | 47 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #2,317 | 54 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,253 | 45 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,515 | 37 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,398 | 39 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,769 | 62 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,848 | 59 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,795 | 60 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,602 | 62 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,689 | 56 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,622 | 56 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,414 | 69 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,473 | 69 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,719 | 53 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,531 | 60 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,311 | 71 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,537 | 53 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,403 | 61 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,379 | 64 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,580 | 51 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,407 | 62 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,481 | 57 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,281 | 70 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,481 | 52 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,641 | 39 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,505 | 45 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,172 | 68 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 54 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,396 | 45 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,135 | 66 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,165 | 61 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,124 | 63 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,161 | 60 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,131 | 56 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,261 | 40 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,115 | 49 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,076 | 53 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,206 | 39 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | — | |
| 1939 | #918 | 59 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 | — | |
| 1937 | #862 | 64 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,003 | 47 | — | |
| 1935 | #912 | 57 | — | |
| 1934 | #955 | 52 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,062 | 43 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,043 | 46 | — | |
| 1931 | #876 | 61 | — | |
| 1930 | #831 | 73 | — | |
| 1929 | #735 | 90 | — | |
| 1928 | #756 | 89 | — | |
| 1927 | #856 | 74 | — | |
| 1926 | #783 | 85 | — | |
| 1925 | #861 | 75 | — | |
| 1924 | #893 | 71 | — | |
| 1923 | #828 | 78 | — | |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #779 | 88 | — | |
| 1920 | #880 | 68 | — | |
| 1919 | #870 | 65 | — | |
| 1918 | #977 | 54 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,026 | 47 | — | |
| 1916 | #893 | 57 | — | |
| 1915 | #990 | 45 | — | |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 | — | |
| 1913 | #925 | 33 | — | |
| 1912 | #833 | 36 | — | |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 | — | |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 | — | |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Leonor! It came in at #921, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leonor is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#444 · 1 in 3,448
- California#864 · 1 in 12,796
- New York#1,004 · 1 in 21,048
Best ever in a state: #64 in New Mexico, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #444 | 33 | 1 in 3,448 |
| California | #864 | 13 | 1 in 12,796 |
| New York | #1,004 | 8 | 1 in 21,048 |
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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 Leonor
- 189 spots since 2024 (#2,067 → #2,256)
- 594 spots since 2020 (#2,850 → #2,256)
- 1,511 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #2,256)
- Biggest jump: 715 spots in 1898 (#1,555 → #840)
- Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1904 (#862 → #1,170)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1909 at #719 (31 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1918–1931
- Highest: 1 in 11,201 girls born in 1909 were named Leonor (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,843 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 12.9% of all girls named Leonor (799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #921 (1885) | #1,029 |
| 1890s | 53 | #840 (1898) | #1,279 |
| 1900s | 136 | #719 (1909) | #1,119 |
| 1910s | 422 | #833 (1912) | #924 |
| 1920s | 799 | #735 (1929) | #818 |
| 1930s | 550 | #831 (1930) | #949 |
| 1940s | 507 | #1,076 (1942) | #1,157 |
| 1950s | 549 | #1,135 (1950) | #1,375 |
| 1960s | 599 | #1,311 (1968) | #1,450 |
| 1970s | 579 | #1,414 (1972) | #1,699 |
| 1980s | 447 | #1,769 (1982) | #2,346 |
| 1990s | 440 | #2,317 (1990) | #2,839 |
| 2000s | 324 | #3,453 (2000) | #4,366 |
| 2010s | 363 | #3,346 (2018) | #4,185 |
| 2020s | 393 | #2,067 (2024) | #2,734 |
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.
Leonor in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 28,907 of them was named Leonor, which outranked 82.2% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,273Stefanie71
- #1,273Tammera71
- #1,273Tressa71
- #1,281Leonor70
- #1,281Donnie70
- #1,281Laurette70
- #1,281Linette70
- #1,292Claudine69
- #1,292Jacalyn69
- #1,292Jeanmarie69
Tied with 10 names at #1,281; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.