Lenora
Lenora is ranked 714th among girls in 2024 (392 births). Its best rank was 183rd, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- #714up 52 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3920.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1924678 births
- Best rank
- #183in 1881
- Since 1880
- 36,494people given the name
The story in the numbers
36,494 girls have been named Lenora in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 678 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 17%. It has spent 99 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lenora | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 785 | |
| 1890s | 1,108 | |
| 1900s | 1,541 | |
| 1910s | 4,038 | |
| 1920s | 6,093 | |
| 1930s | 4,456 | |
| 1940s | 4,023 | |
| 1950s | 4,588 | |
| 1960s | 3,560 | |
| 1970s | 1,527 | |
| 1980s | 914 | |
| 1990s | 491 | |
| 2000s | 465 | |
| 2010s | 1,401 | |
| 2020s | 1,504 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Lenora was the 252nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Lenora
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marypeak 1921
- Dollypeak 1926
- Alicepeak 1921
- Georgiapeak 1947
- Eugeniapeak 1919
- Marthapeak 1947
- Rosepeak 1917
- Margretpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.