Leonor
Girl · lay-oh-NOR · French
Leonor is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 2,256th for girls in the US (81 babies).
What does Leonor mean?
French: Spanish and Portuguese form of Eleanor, from Old Occitan
Eleanor of Castile, queen of Edward I, was born Leonor; the Eleanor crosses mark her funeral route.
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Is Leonor a girl's or a boy's name?
Leonor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 81 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leonor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,217among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Leonor, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 31 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leonor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales.
Leonor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,360 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,498 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,418 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,617 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Leonor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,256among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 81about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 81 girls in the US were named Leonor, making it the 2,256th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,850th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 93 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Leonor in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leonor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #2,256 |
| 2024 | 93 | #2,067 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,856 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,850 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,616 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,587 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,312 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,397 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,769 |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,848 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,701 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,602 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,689 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,622 |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,414 |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,473 |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,719 |
| 1969 | 60 | #1,531 |
| 1968 | 71 | #1,311 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,537 |
| 1966 | 61 | #1,403 |
| 1965 | 64 | #1,379 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,443 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1962 | 62 | #1,407 |
| 1961 | 57 | #1,480 |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,429 |
| 1959 | 70 | #1,280 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,480 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,473 |
| 1956 | 58 | #1,364 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,640 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,504 |
| 1953 | 68 | #1,171 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,395 |
| 1950 | 66 | #1,134 |
| 1949 | 61 | #1,164 |
| 1948 | 63 | #1,123 |
| 1947 | 60 | #1,160 |
| 1946 | 56 | #1,130 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,260 |
| 1944 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,211 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,076 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,206 |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,114 |
| 1939 | 59 | #918 |
| 1938 | 48 | #1,031 |
| 1937 | 64 | #862 |
| 1936 | 47 | #1,003 |
| 1935 | 57 | #912 |
| 1934 | 52 | #955 |
| 1933 | 43 | #1,062 |
| 1932 | 46 | #1,043 |
| 1931 | 61 | #876 |
| 1930 | 73 | #831 |
| 1929 | 90 | #735 |
| 1928 | 89 | #756 |
| 1927 | 74 | #856 |
| 1926 | 85 | #783 |
| 1925 | 75 | #861 |
| 1924 | 71 | #893 |
| 1923 | 78 | #828 |
| 1922 | 81 | #808 |
| 1921 | 88 | #779 |
| 1920 | 68 | #880 |
| 1919 | 65 | #870 |
| 1918 | 54 | #977 |
| 1917 | 47 | #1,026 |
| 1916 | 57 | #893 |
| 1915 | 45 | #990 |
| 1914 | 37 | #972 |
| 1913 | 33 | #925 |
| 1912 | 36 | #833 |
| 1911 | 26 | #838 |
| 1910 | 22 | #914 |
| 1909 | 31 | #719 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 19 | #845 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 16 | #862 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,227 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 16 | #840 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
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