NameTides

Leonora

Leonora was the #1,769 girls' name in the US in 2025 (114 babies), and #561 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Leonora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Leonora 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Leonora 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,769 (114)#561 (71)——#2,475 (8)
2024#2,080 (92)#811 (46)——#1,541 (15)
2023#1,890 (105)#888 (40)——#2,027 (10)
2022#2,463 (73)#729 (50)——#2,133 (9)
2021#2,416 (74)#901 (39)#792 (3)—#2,185 (9)
2020#2,631 (64)#969 (35)———
2019#2,709 (63)#1,119 (30)——#2,872 (6)
2018#2,928 (56)#1,170 (29)——#2,587 (7)
2017#3,387 (46)#1,330 (25)——#2,374 (8)
2016#3,139 (52)#1,571 (20)———
2015#3,389 (47)#1,452 (22)———
2014#3,137 (52)#2,203 (12)——#3,316 (5)
2013#5,013 (27)#1,774 (16)———
2012#4,836 (29)#1,893 (15)———
2011#5,063 (27)#1,729 (16)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #309.
  • 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 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Leonora is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Leonora by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Leonora (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
Ontario2024#1,10010

Leonora (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
LeonoraCanadaGirls#2,4758
LeonoraEngland & WalesGirls#56171
LeonoraIrelandGirls—too few
LeonoraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LeonoraScotlandGirls—too few
LeonoraUSGirls#1,769114