Leonora
Leonora was given to 114 girls in 2025, #1,772 among girls’ names; 7,504 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,320 Americans named Leonora and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 12 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Leonora by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Leonora mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Leonora is “a female given name from Italian.”
From the Italian short form of Eleonora, cognate to Eleanor.
/ˌli.əˈnɔɹə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Leonora?
#1,772 among girls’ names, 2025
Leonora rose from #3,417 in 2015 to #1,772 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 26.3 to 70.9 per million.
138 babies in 1924, the peak
Leonora peaked in 1924, when 138 girls were given it, #638 among girls’ names. The 114 births of 2025 are 83% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,772 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,090 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,899 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,482 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,432 | 0.05 |
| 2020 | 64 | #2,647 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,719 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,950 | 0.03 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,421 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,167 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 47 | #3,417 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,165 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,081 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,915 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,142 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,187 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,756 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,774 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,171 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,898 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,431 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,868 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,704 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,894 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,826 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,408 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,689 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,361 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,041 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,542 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,830 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,504 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,342 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,383 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,298 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,445 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,836 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,353 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,781 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,825 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,373 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,253 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,626 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,626 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,577 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,913 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,143 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,334 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,284 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,967 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,925 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,197 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,927 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,159 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,815 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,848 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,698 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,616 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,773 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,971 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,513 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 59 | #1,454 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,518 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,446 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 60 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 58 | #1,409 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 72 | #1,257 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 62 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 77 | #1,188 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 67 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,388 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,450 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 57 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 71 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 64 | #1,137 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 65 | #1,108 | 0.04 |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,212 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 61 | #1,094 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 46 | #1,165 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 63 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1942 | 66 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 73 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 68 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 57 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 63 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 84 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1936 | 66 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 58 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 86 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1933 | 74 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1932 | 72 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 73 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1930 | 85 | #766 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 117 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1928 | 120 | #643 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 137 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 132 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1925 | 136 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1924 | 138 | #638 | 0.11 |
| 1923 | 120 | #679 | 0.10 |
| 1922 | 120 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1921 | 124 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1920 | 118 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 113 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1918 | 133 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 95 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 117 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1915 | 110 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 86 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 83 | #565 | 0.13 |
| 1912 | 63 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 67 | #509 | 0.16 |
| 1910 | 49 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 37 | #655 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 40 | #597 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 34 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 25 | #736 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 25 | #721 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 29 | #649 | 0.11 |
| 1903 | 36 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1902 | 35 | #552 | 0.13 |
| 1901 | 35 | #516 | 0.15 |
| 1900 | 40 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 36 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 45 | #462 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 33 | #518 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 36 | #495 | 0.15 |
| 1895 | 41 | #446 | 0.18 |
| 1894 | 46 | #411 | 0.21 |
| 1893 | 42 | #419 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 31 | #491 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 26 | #510 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 37 | #420 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 31 | #433 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 41 | #377 | 0.23 |
| 1887 | 24 | #463 | 0.16 |
| 1886 | 22 | #471 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 27 | #398 | 0.20 |
| 1884 | 21 | #443 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 18 | #457 | 0.16 |
| 1882 | 19 | #425 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 23 | #343 | 0.25 |
| 1880 | 26 | #314 | 0.29 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Leonora a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Leonora has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Leonora: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Leonora, and how old are they?
3,320 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 7,504 Americans ever recorded as Leonora. The median Leonora alive today is 51 years old; half are between 12 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 5,625 people named Leonora (5,621 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,227 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 344 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 888 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 567 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 297 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 351 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 860 |
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 Leonora born?
The states with the most babies named Leonora are New York, California and Texas, with 67% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,427 | #929 | 2.6× |
| California | 424 | #1,537 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 302 | #2,802 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 254 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 225 | #833 | 1.1× |
| Hawaii | 149 | not ranked | 5.7× |
| New Jersey | 143 | #1,101 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 109 | #1,527 | 0.3× |
| Rhode Island | 34 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 30 | #1,387 | 0.2× |
Where Leonora is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Leonora is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 5.7 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 Leonora 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, Leonora is the third most given (10% of them). In 2025 it was given to 114 of their 809 babies (14%), the second most given that year.
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 Leonora
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 Leonora and names like it
- Compare Leonora and LenoraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sLeonora peaked in 1924.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Leonora since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Leonora: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Leonora.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Leonora alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.