Leonore

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
1906 · 26 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,313
since 1881

Leonore over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leonore has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #716, 1906girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#11,1228
2023#12,1977
2022#13,5926
2021—
2020#9,54610
2019#12,4487
2018—
2017#15,9025
2016#16,2155
2015#13,0067
2014#16,5135
2013—
2012—
2011—
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2008—
2007—
2006—
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2002—
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2000—
1999—
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1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992#13,3175
1991#13,1475
1990—
1989#10,8476
1988—
1987#9,8256
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983#7,3128
1982#9,2376
1981#6,8049
1980#7,4188
1979—
1978—
1977#9,6525
1976#5,21511
1975#5,51610
1974#5,7769
1973#3,63517
1972#4,79311
1971#4,81011
1970#4,49212
1969#3,95813
1968#3,61014
1967#4,9828
1966#3,95911
1965#5,8176
1964#3,51514
1963#4,8968
1962#3,59213
1961#4,5469
1960#3,92011
1959#3,25414
1958#2,97216
1957#3,03315
1956#3,18614
1955#2,97115
1954#2,77916
1953#2,92114
1952#3,20112
1951#2,57716
1950#3,05212
1949#2,06922
1948#2,32918
1947#2,20020
1946#1,91923
1945#1,79522
1944#1,43332
1943#1,49231
1942#1,32537
1941#1,44629
1940#1,79220
1939#1,35030
1938#1,75220
1937#1,63022
1936#1,26732
1935#1,38128
1934#1,37228
1933#1,22434
1932#1,23734
1931#1,12740
1930#1,18140
1929#96855
1928#87070
1927#1,01057
1926#90368
1925#95361
1924#94165
1923#1,03753
1922#94961
1921#1,01754
1920#1,03851
1919#94456
1918#1,00551
1917#90458
1916#83166
1915#1,04041
1914#87045
1913#96131
1912#1,00326
1911#77731
1910#99719
1909#1,05215
1908#1,8626
1907#99015
1906#71626
1905#1,5387
1904#1,05012
1903#1,2049
1902#1,13310
1901#1,6795
1900#83320
1899#87814
1898#1,04711
1897#1,03710
1896#90313
1895#93212
1894#85013
1893#86512
1892#79614
1891#1,3325
1890#1,3385
1889#1,1476
1888—
1887#73310
1886#1,1085
1885#7938
1884—
1883#7547
1882—
1881#8305
1880—
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Leonore! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Leonore is popular in 1916

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedMNIllinois: #613 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,585 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedMINew York: #361 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,946 girlsNYMassachusetts: #358 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,545 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #443 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,926 girlsPANew Jersey: #343 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,741 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Leonore, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#343 · 1 in 5,741
  2. Massachusetts#358 · 1 in 5,545
  3. New York#361 · 1 in 4,946
  4. Pennsylvania#443 · 1 in 8,926
  5. Illinois#613 · 1 in 11,585

Best ever in a state: #290 in New York, 1928.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#34351 in 5,741
Massachusetts#35861 in 5,545
New York#361191 in 4,946
Pennsylvania#443101 in 8,926
Illinois#61351 in 11,585
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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 Leonore
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 810 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #11,932)
  • 2,386 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #11,932)
  • 1,074 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 822 spots in 1906 (#1,538 → #716)
  • Biggest drop: 872 spots in 1908 (#990 → #1,862)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1906 at #716 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1892–1896
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,358
  • Highest: 1 in 11,358 girls born in 1906 were named Leonore (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.7% of all girls named Leonore (595) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s41#733 (1887)#894
1890s109#796 (1892)#998
1900s125#716 (1906)#1,206
1910s424#777 (1911)#933
1920s595#870 (1928)#969
1930s308#1,127 (1931)#1,352
1940s254#1,325 (1942)#1,780
1950s144#2,577 (1951)#2,995
1960s107#3,515 (1964)#4,280
1970s86#3,635 (1973)#5,486
1980s43#6,804 (1981)#8,574
1990s10#13,147 (1991)#13,232
2000s0——
2010s29#12,448 (2019)#14,817
2020s38#9,546 (2020)#11,678

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.

Leonore in 1916

girls
#831
66 births · 1 in 15,823 girls

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #831Leonore66
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 15,823 of them was named Leonore, which outranked 83.9% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leonore
  1. #824Marge67
  2. #824Ossie67
  3. #824Vernell67
  4. #831Leonore66
  5. #831Emmie66
  6. #831Jackie66
  7. #831Maybell66
  8. #840Ardella65
  9. #840Ceola65
  10. #840Colleen65

Tied with 8 names at #831; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 567Trinidad#1,317 → #750
  2. ↑ 388Coral#1,367 → #979
  3. ↑ 377Coletta#1,317 → #940
  4. ↑ 370Clifford#1,285 → #915
  5. ↑ 327Maida#1,231 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Louis#934 → #1,298
  2. ↓ 354Herminia#944 → #1,298
  3. ↓ 346Gertha#900 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 344Lahoma#934 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 310Hassie#900 → #1,210

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

See the top 100 for 1916 →