Girls' name · since 1911
Leanor
309 babies named Leanor in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,651 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 309
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Leanor sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 309 recorded since 1911.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leanor has been recorded 309 times among girls since 1911, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1975.
- #15,651 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 309 born since 1911
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leanor ranks #15,651 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 309 born since 1911, peaking in the 1920s.
- #15,651 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 309
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Leanor's 309 recorded births place it above 78.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leanor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leanor's full recorded timeline at 1933, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leanor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1975
- Peak year (1919)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Leanor by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (84 births, 27% of the file).
1920s was Leanor's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Leanor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
77 births
- 1920s
1920s
84 births
- 1930s
1930s
52 births
- 1940s
1940s
45 births
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 84 births (27% of all-time use).
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What to do with Leanor's data
- Leanor's decade-level peak was the 1920s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leanor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~64 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1911–1975 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Leanor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.