Girls' name · peaked in 1881

Lenora name popularity since 1925

26,471 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lenora. Half of them were born in 1954 or earlier, so the typical Lenora is about 72 years old in 2026. Lenora peaked in 1881 as the #183 name for girls, and it ranked #539 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 26,471; Named Lenora, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1881; #183 for girls that year
Typical age: About 72; Median birth year 1954
In 2025: #539; for girls in 2025 (562 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 26,452 girls · 19 boys
Most popular in: Mississippi; 2.91× its national share

Peak year is the year Lenora made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Lenora births per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year on this chart was 1927. Measured as a share of all babies, Lenora peaked earlier, in 1881.

Steepest fall: Between 1972 and 1977, Lenora's share of baby girls fell by 45%, from 1 in 8,180 to 1 in 14,900.
Fastest rise: Between 2020 and 2025, it became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 7,380 baby girls to 1 in 2,860.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lenora's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lenora.

Decade by decade

Babies named Lenora in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	2,959	7	–
1930s	4,456	12	#282
1940s	4,023	0	#390
1950s	4,588	0	#427
1960s	3,560	0	#518
1970s	1,527	0	#901
1980s	914	0	#1,454
1990s	491	0	#3,057
2000s	465	0	#3,038
2010s	1,401	0	#1,617
2020–25	2,068	0	#539

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

31.1% of babies named Lenora from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Where Lenora is most popular

The index compares Lenora's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lenora.

State	Index	Babies
Mississippi	2.91×	786
Arkansas	2.56×	587
Oklahoma	2.48×	720
West Virginia	2.39×	470
South Carolina	1.86×	580

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lenora's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lenora.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Lenora (1881).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data