Lenora Girl
How popular is Lenora?
#538 girl name in 2025
562 baby girls were named Lenora in the US in 2025, making it the 538th most popular girl name.
Lenora popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #538 for girls (▲ 176 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 562 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+323% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,609 in 2015, #1,114 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1924 (678 girls) |
| Highest rank | #181 in 1881 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lenora counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lenora family of names ranked #485 for girls in 2025 (#654 the year before), with 590 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lenora | 562 | 95% |
| Leanora | 19 | 3% |
| Lenorah | 9 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lenora is most popular
Babies named Lenora per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Lenora by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 785 | #181 |
| 1890s | 1,108 | #237 |
| 1900s | 1,541 | #244 |
| 1910s | 4,038 | #255 |
| 1920s | 6,093 | #252 |
| 1930s | 4,456 | #281 |
| 1940s | 4,023 | #311 |
| 1950s | 4,588 | #378 |
| 1960s | 3,560 | #448 |
| 1970s | 1,527 | #668 |
| 1980s | 914 | #1,102 |
| 1990s | 491 | #1,907 |
| 2000s | 465 | #2,851 |
| 2010s | 1,401 | #1,103 |
| 2020s | 2,068 | #538 |
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Questions
- Is Lenora a boy or girl name?
- Lenora is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lenora were girls.
- How popular is the name Lenora?
- 562 baby girls were named Lenora in the US in 2025, making it the 538th most popular girl name.
- When was Lenora most popular?
- Lenora peaked in 1924, when 678 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #181 in 1881.
- How many people are named Lenora?
- 37,089 babies have been named Lenora in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,573 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Lenora most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lenora was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.