Leonora
#1,769 for girls in 2025, 114 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 26 births
- Debut · girls
- 26 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,504since 1880
Leonora over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leonora 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,769 | 114 |
| 2024 | #2,080 | 92 |
| 2023 | #1,890 | 105 |
| 2022 | #2,463 | 73 |
| 2021 | #2,416 | 74 |
| 2020 | #2,631 | 64 |
| 2019 | #2,709 | 63 |
| 2018 | #2,928 | 56 |
| 2017 | #3,387 | 46 |
| 2016 | #3,139 | 52 |
| 2015 | #3,389 | 47 |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 |
| 2010 | #5,108 | 27 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #3,328 | 26 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,305 | 39 |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 |
| 1971 | #1,805 | 49 |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1969 | #1,685 | 51 |
| 1968 | #1,607 | 51 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 |
| 1966 | #1,736 | 42 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 |
| 1963 | #1,449 | 59 |
| 1962 | #1,511 | 55 |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1960 | #1,417 | 60 |
| 1959 | #1,407 | 58 |
| 1958 | #1,253 | 72 |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 |
| 1956 | #1,186 | 77 |
| 1955 | #1,229 | 67 |
| 1954 | #1,377 | 53 |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 |
| 1952 | #1,256 | 57 |
| 1951 | #1,362 | 47 |
| 1950 | #1,090 | 71 |
| 1949 | #1,135 | 64 |
| 1948 | #1,105 | 65 |
| 1947 | #1,204 | 56 |
| 1946 | #1,087 | 61 |
| 1945 | #1,175 | 45 |
| 1944 | #1,153 | 46 |
| 1943 | #996 | 63 |
| 1942 | #960 | 66 |
| 1941 | #851 | 73 |
| 1940 | #862 | 68 |
| 1939 | #930 | 57 |
| 1938 | #890 | 63 |
| 1937 | #741 | 84 |
| 1936 | #827 | 66 |
| 1935 | #904 | 58 |
| 1934 | #717 | 86 |
| 1933 | #764 | 74 |
| 1932 | #801 | 72 |
| 1931 | #793 | 73 |
| 1930 | #761 | 85 |
| 1929 | #644 | 117 |
| 1928 | #642 | 120 |
| 1927 | #609 | 137 |
| 1926 | #621 | 132 |
| 1925 | #627 | 136 |
| 1924 | #637 | 138 |
| 1923 | #678 | 120 |
| 1922 | #661 | 120 |
| 1921 | #663 | 124 |
| 1920 | #665 | 118 |
| 1919 | #655 | 113 |
| 1918 | #612 | 133 |
| 1917 | #708 | 95 |
| 1916 | #626 | 117 |
| 1915 | #626 | 110 |
| 1914 | #618 | 86 |
| 1913 | #561 | 83 |
| 1912 | #620 | 63 |
| 1911 | #507 | 67 |
| 1910 | #593 | 49 |
| 1909 | #644 | 37 |
| 1908 | #593 | 40 |
| 1907 | #637 | 34 |
| 1906 | #731 | 25 |
| 1905 | #713 | 25 |
| 1904 | #640 | 29 |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 |
| 1902 | #545 | 35 |
| 1901 | #513 | 35 |
| 1900 | #531 | 40 |
| 1899 | #490 | 36 |
| 1898 | #461 | 45 |
| 1897 | #509 | 33 |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 |
| 1894 | #409 | 46 |
| 1893 | #414 | 42 |
| 1892 | #489 | 31 |
| 1891 | #506 | 26 |
| 1890 | #412 | 37 |
| 1889 | #430 | 31 |
| 1888 | #374 | 41 |
| 1887 | #459 | 24 |
| 1886 | #459 | 22 |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 |
| 1884 | #438 | 21 |
| 1883 | #451 | 18 |
| 1882 | #418 | 19 |
| 1881 | #338 | 23 |
| 1880 | #309 | 26 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leonora was already there! It came in at #309, and was given to 26 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1996, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.
Where Leonora is popular in 1922
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Connecticut#240 · 1 in 2,566
- New York#311 · 1 in 3,530
- New Jersey#323 · 1 in 5,159
- Massachusetts#346 · 1 in 5,906
- Iowa#355 · 1 in 3,648
Best ever in a state: #96 in Hawaii, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #240 | 5 | 1 in 2,566 |
| New York | #311 | 28 | 1 in 3,530 |
| New Jersey | #323 | 6 | 1 in 5,159 |
| Massachusetts | #346 | 6 | 1 in 5,906 |
| Iowa | #355 | 6 | 1 in 3,648 |
| Pennsylvania | #477 | 9 | 1 in 10,597 |
| Texas | #931 | 5 | 1 in 11,791 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 311 spots since 2024 (#2,080 → #1,769)
- 862 spots since 2020 (#2,631 → #1,769)
- 1,620 spots since 2015 (#3,389 → #1,769)
- Biggest jump: 96 spots in 1918 (#708 → #612)
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1935 (#717 → #904)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #309 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 114 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,500
- Highest: 1 in 3,500 girls born in 1880 were named Leonora (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,099 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 16.8% of all girls named Leonora (1,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 252 | #309 (1880) | #407 |
| 1890s | 373 | #409 (1894) | #462 |
| 1900s | 336 | #513 (1901) | #609 |
| 1910s | 916 | #507 (1911) | #613 |
| 1920s | 1,262 | #609 (1927) | #645 |
| 1930s | 718 | #717 (1934) | #813 |
| 1940s | 607 | #851 (1941) | #1,053 |
| 1950s | 610 | #1,090 (1950) | #1,294 |
| 1960s | 513 | #1,417 (1960) | #1,604 |
| 1970s | 360 | #1,805 (1971) | #2,428 |
| 1980s | 230 | #2,866 (1980) | #3,748 |
| 1990s | 151 | #4,380 (1990) | #6,326 |
| 2000s | 228 | #4,373 (2005) | #5,745 |
| 2010s | 426 | #2,709 (2019) | #3,871 |
| 2020s | 522 | #1,769 (2025) | #2,208 |
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.
Leonora in 1922
girls
#661
120 births · 1 in 10,008 girls
Top girls' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 10,008 of them was named Leonora, which outranked 88.6% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).