girl's name

Lenora

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 37,719

the United States

#540

2025 births

Lenora is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 562 babies in the United States, ranking #540. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in 1924, when 678 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 5,899 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Lenora over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

6,100
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lenora by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 785
1890s 1,108
1900s 1,541
1910s 4,050
1920s 6,100
1930s 4,468
1940s 4,023
1950s 4,588
1960s 3,560
1970s 1,527
1980s 914
1990s 491
2000s 465
2010s 1,401
2020s (to 2025) 2,068

How popular is Lenora?

In 2025, Lenora was given to 562 babies in the United States, ranking #540 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Lenora is used

United States #540 562 in 2025
Ireland #575 3 in 1984
Scotland #697 4 in 2023
Canada #848 34 in 2024
England & Wales #2,214 13 in 2025
France as Lénora #3,732 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Lenora is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Lénora Lénora is a rare spelling of Lenora, written with an acute accent and recorded about 145 times, mostly in France. 145

Names that peaked alongside Lenora

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lenora also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lenora over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Lenora in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Dutch
Leonora
Latvian
Leonora
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Lenore

Sibling names for Lenora

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lenora — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lenora

How popular is the name Lenora?

In 2025, Lenora was given to 562 babies in the United States, ranking #540 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Lenora a girl's or a boy's name?

Lenora is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Lenora?

Lenora has 3 syllables.

When was Lenora most popular?

Lenora peaked in 1924, when 678 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Lenora a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lenora currently ranks #540 in the United States. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.