Lenora
Lenora was given to 562 girls in 2025, #539 among girls’ names; 37,089 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 16,700 Americans named Lenora and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 33 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lenora by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lenora mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lenora is “a female given name, variant of Eleanor.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lenora?
#539 among girls’ names, 2025
Lenora rose from #1,617 in 2015 to #539 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.07 to 0.35 per 1,000.
678 babies in 1924, the peak
Lenora peaked in 1924, when 678 girls were given it, #252 among girls’ names. The 562 births of 2025 are 83% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 562 | #539 | 0.35 |
| 2024 | 393 | #716 | 0.24 |
| 2023 | 368 | #766 | 0.23 |
| 2022 | 290 | #931 | 0.18 |
| 2021 | 236 | #1,068 | 0.14 |
| 2020 | 219 | #1,114 | 0.14 |
| 2019 | 222 | #1,106 | 0.13 |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,226 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 193 | #1,238 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 174 | #1,363 | 0.10 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 133 | #1,617 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 136 | #1,585 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 127 | #1,671 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 89 | #2,139 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,651 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,630 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,873 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,679 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 59 | #3,018 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,962 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,034 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,302 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,072 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,135 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,459 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,098 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,165 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,785 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,270 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,928 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,052 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,237 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,469 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,165 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,919 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,183 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 84 | #1,642 | 0.05 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,626 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,441 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,726 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 86 | #1,453 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 81 | #1,439 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 101 | #1,249 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 94 | #1,330 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 126 | #1,105 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 103 | #1,263 | 0.06 |
| 1979 | 97 | #1,296 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 101 | #1,234 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,195 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 124 | #1,012 | 0.08 |
| 1975 | 146 | #901 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 151 | #865 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 159 | #827 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 186 | #751 | 0.12 |
| 1971 | 222 | #688 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 238 | #671 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 245 | #632 | 0.15 |
| 1968 | 278 | #576 | 0.17 |
| 1967 | 339 | #516 | 0.21 |
| 1966 | 290 | #557 | 0.17 |
| 1965 | 339 | #518 | 0.19 |
| 1964 | 376 | #505 | 0.20 |
| 1963 | 378 | #500 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 394 | #489 | 0.20 |
| 1961 | 448 | #463 | 0.22 |
| 1960 | 473 | #448 | 0.23 |
| 1959 | 489 | #434 | 0.24 |
| 1958 | 478 | #432 | 0.24 |
| 1957 | 579 | #378 | 0.28 |
| 1956 | 515 | #397 | 0.26 |
| 1955 | 429 | #426 | 0.22 |
| 1954 | 402 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1953 | 428 | #416 | 0.23 |
| 1952 | 425 | #407 | 0.23 |
| 1951 | 410 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1950 | 433 | #391 | 0.25 |
| 1949 | 409 | #391 | 0.24 |
| 1948 | 403 | #395 | 0.24 |
| 1947 | 411 | #396 | 0.23 |
| 1946 | 363 | #400 | 0.23 |
| 1945 | 332 | #390 | 0.25 |
| 1944 | 382 | #354 | 0.29 |
| 1943 | 433 | #343 | 0.31 |
| 1942 | 440 | #330 | 0.33 |
| 1941 | 440 | #311 | 0.36 |
| 1940 | 410 | #315 | 0.36 |
| 1939 | 429 | #295 | 0.39 |
| 1938 | 390 | #313 | 0.35 |
| 1937 | 420 | #301 | 0.39 |
| 1936 | 392 | #305 | 0.38 |
| 1935 | 462 | #282 | 0.44 |
| 1934 | 459 | #286 | 0.44 |
| 1933 | 460 | #281 | 0.46 |
| 1932 | 481 | #285 | 0.45 |
| 1931 | 440 | #304 | 0.41 |
| 1930 | 523 | #288 | 0.46 |
| 1929 | 480 | #304 | 0.43 |
| 1928 | 608 | #262 | 0.53 |
| 1927 | 645 | #261 | 0.54 |
| 1926 | 611 | #270 | 0.52 |
| 1925 | 615 | #267 | 0.51 |
| 1924 | 678 | #252 | 0.54 |
| 1923 | 589 | #265 | 0.49 |
| 1922 | 651 | #256 | 0.54 |
| 1921 | 621 | #266 | 0.50 |
| 1920 | 595 | #267 | 0.50 |
| 1919 | 493 | #285 | 0.44 |
| 1918 | 563 | #270 | 0.49 |
| 1917 | 516 | #272 | 0.48 |
| 1916 | 532 | #263 | 0.51 |
| 1915 | 543 | #255 | 0.55 |
| 1914 | 396 | #260 | 0.52 |
| 1913 | 289 | #275 | 0.46 |
| 1912 | 281 | #266 | 0.50 |
| 1911 | 211 | #268 | 0.50 |
| 1910 | 214 | #262 | 0.54 |
| 1909 | 189 | #262 | 0.54 |
| 1908 | 180 | #264 | 0.54 |
| 1907 | 166 | #268 | 0.52 |
| 1906 | 176 | #245 | 0.60 |
| 1905 | 160 | #261 | 0.55 |
| 1904 | 138 | #270 | 0.50 |
| 1903 | 132 | #269 | 0.50 |
| 1902 | 129 | #275 | 0.49 |
| 1901 | 118 | #273 | 0.49 |
| 1900 | 153 | #265 | 0.51 |
| 1899 | 92 | #313 | 0.39 |
| 1898 | 135 | #257 | 0.52 |
| 1897 | 133 | #244 | 0.57 |
| 1896 | 134 | #239 | 0.56 |
| 1895 | 103 | #278 | 0.44 |
| 1894 | 101 | #277 | 0.45 |
| 1893 | 93 | #276 | 0.44 |
| 1892 | 120 | #244 | 0.57 |
| 1891 | 95 | #250 | 0.51 |
| 1890 | 102 | #245 | 0.54 |
| 1889 | 91 | #244 | 0.51 |
| 1888 | 105 | #225 | 0.59 |
| 1887 | 98 | #206 | 0.67 |
| 1886 | 75 | #238 | 0.52 |
| 1885 | 73 | #232 | 0.55 |
| 1884 | 73 | #223 | 0.57 |
| 1883 | 66 | #220 | 0.59 |
| 1882 | 70 | #199 | 0.65 |
| 1881 | 68 | #183 | 0.74 |
| 1880 | 66 | #185 | 0.73 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lenora a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lenora has been given almost only to girls: 31 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lenora: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lenora, and how old are they?
16,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 37,089 Americans ever recorded as Lenora. The median Lenora alive today is 62 years old; half are between 33 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 15,277 people named Lenora (15,254 women and girls, 23 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 17,191 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,230 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 6,410 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,870 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,160 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 790 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,230 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lenora born?
The states with the most babies named Lenora are Texas, New York and Pennsylvania, with 20% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,309 | #891 | 1.1× |
| New York | 1,925 | #525 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,645 | #544 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 1,452 | #414 | 0.8× |
| California | 1,402 | #1,208 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 1,327 | #353 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 1,283 | #591 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 1,156 | #664 | 1.1× |
| Oklahoma | 1,047 | #257 | 1.8× |
| Mississippi | 1,041 | not ranked | 1.7× |
Where Lenora is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lenora is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lenora with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 72,364 babies since 1880, Lenora is the most given (51% of them). In 2025 it was given to 562 of their 809 babies (69%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lenora
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lenora and names like it
- Compare Lenora and LenoreBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLenora peaked in 1924.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lenora since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Lenora.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lenora alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.