Lenor — girls' name
383 babies named Lenor in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Lenor was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Lenor in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lenor
The Social Security Administration has registered 383 babies named Lenor between 1915 and 1996, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lenor currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lenor performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Lenor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lenor in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 383 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lenor at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lenor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1915
- Peak year (1954)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
383 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 17 births in a single year.
Lenor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 86 births that decade — 22% of Lenor's all-time total
Lenor decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lenor's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.