Lenore
Lenore was the 1971st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 98 babies. Its best year was 1915, when it ranked 309th; the most babies were born in 1926 (460). Over the last ten years it has moved up 664 places. More babies were named Lenore in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,971 girls, up 1,689 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 98girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1926460 babies
- Total since 1880
- 22,974babies recorded
Lenore popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 6 since 1929.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,971 | 98 |
| 2020 | #3,660 | 41 |
| 2010 | #5,719 | 24 |
| 2000 | #6,672 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,319 | 23 |
| 1980 | #2,471 | 39 |
| 1970 | #862 | 156 |
| 1960 | #630 | 257 |
| 1950 | #476 | 291 |
| 1940 | #441 | 239 |
| 1930 | #325 | 411 |
| 1920 | #325 | 402 |
| 1910 | #331 | 140 |
| 1900 | #372 | 81 |
| 1890 | #411 | 38 |
| 1880 | #509 | 12 |
How popular is Lenore, counting every spelling?
Lenore has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lenore?
98 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lenore (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lenore born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 85 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lenore.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lenore?
About 9,100 people born in the US named Lenore are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 55 and 78. That makes Lenore a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lenore by state
How common Lenore was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Lenore
How popular is the name Lenore?
Lenore was the 1971st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 98 babies. Its best year was 1915, when it ranked 309th; the most babies were born in 1926 (460). Over the last ten years it has moved up 664 places. More babies were named Lenore in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Lenore a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lenore in the US.
Where is Lenore most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lenore was most common in Pennsylvania (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Colorado and Illinois.