Leonor — #2062 US girls' name
6,091 babies named Leonor in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
13% of everyone ever named Leonor was born in this single decade.
93 babies were named Leonor in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Leonor
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,091 babies named Leonor between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leonor currently holds the #2062 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 93 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Leonor performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 799 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Leonor shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,614 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Leonor in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Leonor 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 6,091 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.
Leonor at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Leonor popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1885
- Peak year (2024)
- 93
- Annual births at peak — across 140 years of records
Currently ranks #2062 among girls.
6,091 total births across 140 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 93 births in a single year.
Leonor popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1922 (Leonor as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Leonor accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Leonor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 799 births that decade — 13% of Leonor's all-time total
Leonor decade highlights
- Peak decade 799 births
- Runner-up 598 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Leonor's strongest decade
799 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 13% of all-time use.
Leonor by state
Where Leonor concentrates geographically — total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,614 | 42.9% |
| #2 | California | | 1,154 | 18.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 265 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 98 | 1.6% |
| #5 | New Mexico | | 75 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 68 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 47 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.1% |
2,614 of 6,091 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 42.9% of nationwide
- California 18.9% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.6% of nationwide
- New Mexico 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 42.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1885–2024 (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.