Lenora — #714 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lenora

The Social Security Administration has registered 36,494 babies named Lenora between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lenora currently holds the #714 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 678 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lenora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6,093 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lenora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,276 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Lenora in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lenora 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 36,494 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.