Girls' name · since 1915
Lenoir
69 babies named Lenoir in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
69 girls have been named Lenoir since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lenoir has 69 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1957.
- #31,303 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1915
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lenoir ranks #31,303 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.
- #31,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lenoir's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lenoir's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lenoir's full recorded timeline at 1923, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lenoir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1957
- Peak year (1915)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Lenoir by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (31 births, 45% of the file).
1910s was Lenoir's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Lenoir births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
31 births
- 1920s
1920s
19 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 31 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lenoir's data
- Lenoir's decade-level peak was the 1910s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1950s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lenoir: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1915–1957 (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 Lenoir 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.