Lenore
Girl · leh-NOR · French
Lenore is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,962nd for girls in the US (98 babies).
What does Lenore mean?
French: form of Leonora, from Eleanor
A form of Leonora; Lenore is the lost love mourned in Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem The Raven.
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Is Lenore a girl's or a boy's name?
Lenore is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 98 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lenore in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,962among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 98about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were named Lenore, making it the 1,962nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 460 girls.
2025 had more girls named Lenore than any year since 1974.
Half of all the girls named Lenore in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1955, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lenore in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | #1,962 |
| 2024 | 97 | #2,011 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,404 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,386 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,643 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,987 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,299 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,767 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,440 |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,952 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,857 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,585 |
| 1975 | 84 | #1,309 |
| 1974 | 109 | #1,076 |
| 1973 | 128 | #943 |
| 1972 | 149 | #863 |
| 1971 | 187 | #777 |
| 1970 | 156 | #860 |
| 1969 | 174 | #770 |
| 1968 | 205 | #678 |
| 1967 | 198 | #694 |
| 1966 | 148 | #817 |
| 1965 | 157 | #787 |
| 1964 | 155 | #839 |
| 1963 | 177 | #778 |
| 1962 | 221 | #693 |
| 1961 | 235 | #676 |
| 1960 | 257 | #630 |
| 1959 | 291 | #577 |
| 1958 | 284 | #590 |
| 1957 | 289 | #566 |
| 1956 | 250 | #601 |
| 1955 | 254 | #573 |
| 1954 | 244 | #575 |
| 1953 | 257 | #539 |
| 1952 | 307 | #478 |
| 1951 | 308 | #472 |
| 1950 | 291 | #475 |
| 1949 | 321 | #444 |
| 1948 | 355 | #419 |
| 1947 | 408 | #400 |
| 1946 | 371 | #394 |
| 1945 | 275 | #430 |
| 1944 | 309 | #407 |
| 1943 | 344 | #392 |
| 1942 | 360 | #373 |
| 1941 | 284 | #403 |
| 1940 | 239 | #440 |
| 1939 | 296 | #383 |
| 1938 | 333 | #352 |
| 1937 | 340 | #345 |
| 1936 | 373 | #315 |
| 1935 | 352 | #337 |
| 1934 | 350 | #337 |
| 1933 | 376 | #322 |
| 1932 | 373 | #330 |
| 1931 | 398 | #320 |
| 1930 | 411 | #325 |
| 1929 | 433 | #315 |
| 1928 | 415 | #328 |
| 1927 | 459 | #311 |
| 1926 | 460 | #311 |
| 1925 | 408 | #332 |
| 1924 | 434 | #321 |
| 1923 | 387 | #332 |
| 1922 | 439 | #311 |
| 1921 | 417 | #323 |
| 1920 | 402 | #325 |
| 1919 | 390 | #319 |
| 1918 | 412 | #315 |
| 1917 | 367 | #320 |
| 1916 | 330 | #339 |
| 1915 | 360 | #309 |
| 1914 | 270 | #320 |
| 1913 | 210 | #332 |
| 1912 | 168 | #353 |
| 1911 | 131 | #348 |
| 1910 | 140 | #330 |
| 1909 | 114 | #337 |
| 1908 | 115 | #332 |
| 1907 | 97 | #359 |
| 1906 | 117 | #312 |
| 1905 | 113 | #317 |
| 1904 | 82 | #361 |
| 1903 | 78 | #361 |
| 1902 | 84 | #346 |
| 1901 | 56 | #392 |
| 1900 | 81 | #372 |
| 1899 | 68 | #356 |
| 1898 | 59 | #401 |
| 1897 | 67 | #356 |
| 1896 | 66 | #358 |
| 1895 | 62 | #353 |
| 1894 | 43 | #422 |
| 1893 | 67 | #327 |
| 1892 | 49 | #381 |
| 1891 | 25 | #514 |
| 1890 | 38 | #411 |
| 1889 | 37 | #398 |
| 1888 | 31 | #443 |
| 1887 | 37 | #354 |
| 1886 | 20 | #491 |
| 1885 | 22 | #446 |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 |
| 1883 | 17 | #465 |
| 1882 | 19 | #418 |
| 1881 | 10 | #539 |
| 1880 | 12 | #492 |
Nicknames for Lenore
- Nora 707 girls in the UK in 2025
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