Girls' name · since 1900
Leenora
16 babies named Leenora in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,915 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1900
- 1930s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Leenora since 1900, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Leenora has 16 recorded births among girls since 1900, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1934.
- #48,915 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1900
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Leenora ranks #48,915 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1900, peaking in the 1930s.
- #48,915 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1900
- 1930s
- peak decade
Leenora's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Leenora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Leenora's full recorded timeline at 1921, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1900, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1934 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Leenora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1934
- Peak year (1934)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Leenora by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1930s was Leenora's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Leenora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Leenora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1934)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1900–1934 (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 Leenora 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.