NameTides

Lenora

Lenora was the #538 girls' name in the US in 2025 (562 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #708 in Canada.

Lenora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lenora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Lenora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#538 (562)#2,138 (13)——#708 (42)
2024#714 (393)#1,603 (19)——#835 (34)
2023#766 (368)#1,640 (18)#630 (4)—#831 (33)
2022#930 (290)#3,971 (5)——#1,362 (17)
2021#1,067 (236)#2,942 (8)——#1,229 (20)
2020#1,114 (219)#3,899 (5)——#1,758 (12)
2019#1,103 (222)#4,686 (4)——#1,922 (11)
2018#1,223 (191)#3,985 (5)——#1,639 (13)
2017#1,236 (193)#4,063 (5)——#2,876 (6)
2016#1,358 (174)#5,785 (3)——#2,040 (10)
2015#1,609 (133)————
2014#1,583 (136)#5,691 (3)——#2,185 (9)
2013#1,666 (127)———#2,204 (9)
2012#2,132 (89)———#3,334 (5)
2011#2,638 (67)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #181.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lenora is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lenora by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #195WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #430WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #232MNIllinois: #402ILMichigan: #316MINew York: #518NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #320ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #418INOhio: #347OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,185CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #428CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #329MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #479TNNorth Carolina: #581NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #247OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #878TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Lenora (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5917
Ontario2024#78315

Lenora (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LenoraCanadaGirls#70842
LenoraEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
LenoraIrelandGirls—too few
LenoraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LenoraScotlandGirls—too few
LenoraUSGirls#538562
LenoraUSBoys—too few