Lenora
Girl · leh-NOR-uh · French
Lenora is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 538th for girls in the US (562 babies).
What does Lenora mean?
French: short form of Leonora, from Eleanor
A form of Leonora, itself from Eleanor, the name made famous by Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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- leh-NOR-uh
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Is Lenora a girl's or a boy's name?
Lenora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 562 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lenora in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 286% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Lenora, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lenora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Lenora in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Lenora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #538among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 562about 1 in 2,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 109% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 562 girls in the US were named Lenora, making it the 538th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,114th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 678 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more girls named Lenora than any year since 1957.
Half of all the girls named Lenora in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 571 girls in the US were given Lenora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #530, up from #538 for this spelling alone.
- Lenora 562
- Lenorah 9
Lenora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 562 | #538 |
| 2024 | 393 | #714 |
| 2023 | 368 | #766 |
| 2022 | 290 | #930 |
| 2021 | 236 | #1,067 |
| 2020 | 219 | #1,114 |
| 2019 | 222 | #1,103 |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,223 |
| 2017 | 193 | #1,236 |
| 2016 | 174 | #1,358 |
| 2015 | 133 | #1,609 |
| 2014 | 136 | #1,583 |
| 2013 | 127 | #1,666 |
| 2012 | 89 | #2,132 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,614 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,992 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,227 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,907 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 84 | #1,635 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,432 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,716 |
| 1985 | 86 | #1,444 |
| 1984 | 81 | #1,432 |
| 1983 | 101 | #1,247 |
| 1982 | 94 | #1,325 |
| 1981 | 126 | #1,102 |
| 1980 | 103 | #1,260 |
| 1979 | 97 | #1,294 |
| 1978 | 101 | #1,231 |
| 1977 | 103 | #1,191 |
| 1976 | 124 | #1,009 |
| 1975 | 146 | #899 |
| 1974 | 151 | #863 |
| 1973 | 159 | #824 |
| 1972 | 186 | #751 |
| 1971 | 222 | #686 |
| 1970 | 238 | #668 |
| 1969 | 245 | #632 |
| 1968 | 278 | #575 |
| 1967 | 339 | #516 |
| 1966 | 290 | #557 |
| 1965 | 339 | #517 |
| 1964 | 376 | #504 |
| 1963 | 378 | #500 |
| 1962 | 394 | #489 |
| 1961 | 448 | #462 |
| 1960 | 473 | #448 |
| 1959 | 489 | #434 |
| 1958 | 478 | #431 |
| 1957 | 579 | #378 |
| 1956 | 515 | #397 |
| 1955 | 429 | #426 |
| 1954 | 402 | #437 |
| 1953 | 428 | #416 |
| 1952 | 425 | #407 |
| 1951 | 410 | #408 |
| 1950 | 433 | #389 |
| 1949 | 409 | #391 |
| 1948 | 403 | #395 |
| 1947 | 411 | #395 |
| 1946 | 363 | #400 |
| 1945 | 332 | #389 |
| 1944 | 382 | #353 |
| 1943 | 433 | #343 |
| 1942 | 440 | #330 |
| 1941 | 440 | #311 |
| 1940 | 410 | #315 |
| 1939 | 429 | #295 |
| 1938 | 390 | #313 |
| 1937 | 420 | #301 |
| 1936 | 392 | #305 |
| 1935 | 462 | #282 |
| 1934 | 459 | #286 |
| 1933 | 460 | #281 |
| 1932 | 481 | #285 |
| 1931 | 440 | #304 |
| 1930 | 523 | #288 |
| 1929 | 480 | #303 |
| 1928 | 608 | #262 |
| 1927 | 645 | #261 |
| 1926 | 611 | #270 |
| 1925 | 615 | #267 |
| 1924 | 678 | #252 |
| 1923 | 589 | #265 |
| 1922 | 651 | #256 |
| 1921 | 621 | #266 |
| 1920 | 595 | #267 |
| 1919 | 493 | #285 |
| 1918 | 563 | #270 |
| 1917 | 516 | #272 |
| 1916 | 532 | #263 |
| 1915 | 543 | #255 |
| 1914 | 396 | #259 |
| 1913 | 289 | #274 |
| 1912 | 281 | #266 |
| 1911 | 211 | #267 |
| 1910 | 214 | #262 |
| 1909 | 189 | #261 |
| 1908 | 180 | #264 |
| 1907 | 166 | #268 |
| 1906 | 176 | #244 |
| 1905 | 160 | #260 |
| 1904 | 138 | #268 |
| 1903 | 132 | #267 |
| 1902 | 129 | #274 |
| 1901 | 118 | #273 |
| 1900 | 153 | #265 |
| 1899 | 92 | #312 |
| 1898 | 135 | #256 |
| 1897 | 133 | #244 |
| 1896 | 134 | #237 |
| 1895 | 103 | #276 |
| 1894 | 101 | #277 |
| 1893 | 93 | #276 |
| 1892 | 120 | #244 |
| 1891 | 95 | #250 |
| 1890 | 102 | #242 |
| 1889 | 91 | #244 |
| 1888 | 105 | #225 |
| 1887 | 98 | #206 |
| 1886 | 75 | #237 |
| 1885 | 73 | #231 |
| 1884 | 73 | #221 |
| 1883 | 66 | #219 |
| 1882 | 70 | #197 |
| 1881 | 68 | #181 |
| 1880 | 66 | #185 |
Nicknames for Lenora
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