Leonor
Leonor is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 93 births. Its best rank was 725th, in 1909.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 930.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 202493 births
- Best rank
- #725in 1909
- Since 1885
- 6,091people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,091 girls have been named Leonor in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 93 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 1960, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 30 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Leonor | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1890s | 53 | |
| 1900s | 136 | |
| 1910s | 422 | |
| 1920s | 799 | |
| 1930s | 550 | |
| 1940s | 507 | |
| 1950s | 549 | |
| 1960s | 598 | |
| 1970s | 579 | |
| 1980s | 447 | |
| 1990s | 440 | |
| 2000s | 324 | |
| 2010s | 363 | |
| 2020s | 312 |
In 2024, its biggest year
Leonor was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Leonor
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eloisapeak 2024
- Augustinapeak 1927
- Josefinapeak 1930
- Otiliapeak 1935
- Rafaelapeak 2011
- Delfinapeak 1925
- Millicentpeak 1927
- Miriampeak 1924
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.