Girls' name · since 1897
Leanora
1,469 babies named Leanora in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,127 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,469
- born since 1897
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Leanora is the #6127 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,469 recorded since 1897.
Leanora has 1,469 recorded births among girls since 1897, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6127 as of the latest data, more common than 65% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 2025.
- #5,774 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,127 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,469 born since 1897
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leanora ranks #5,774 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,127 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,469 born since 1897, peaking in the 1920s.
- #5,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,127 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,469
- born since 1897
- 1920s
- peak decade
Leanora's 1,469 recorded births place it above 92.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Leanora compares
1,469 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Leanora's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Leanora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,469 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Leanora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leanora's full recorded timeline at 1958, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1897, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leanora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2025
- Peak year (1927)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 129 years of records
Leanora by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (204 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Leanora's strongest decade.
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Leanora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 59
1900s
59 births
- 1910s
1910s
157 births
- 1920s
1920s
204 births
- 1930s
1930s
118 births
- 1940s
1940s
148 births
- 1950s
1950s
201 births
- 1960s
1960s
131 births
- 1970s 59
1970s
59 births
- 1980s 75
1980s
75 births
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 54
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 204 births (14% of all-time use).
How Leanora compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Leanora's total volume
Leanora by state
Where Leanora concentrates geographically, total births since 1897
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 101 | 6.9% |
| #2 | California | | 14 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 0.8% |
101 of 1,469 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Leanora's data
- Leanora's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (204 total births) through the 2020s (98) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Leanoras (101 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Leanora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~128 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, 1897–2025 (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 Leanora 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.