Lenora is an established girls' name that peaked in 1924 and remains in steady use.
Lenora is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #539 for girl births in the United States (and #1,081 across all names), given to 562 babies. Lenora was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1924 (678 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 562 | 562 | #539 | — |
| 2024 | 393 | 393 | #716 | — |
| 2023 | 368 | 368 | #766 | — |
| 2022 | 290 | 290 | #931 | — |
| 2021 | 236 | 236 | #1,068 | — |
| 2020 | 219 | 219 | #1,114 | — |
| 2019 | 222 | 222 | #1,106 | — |
| 2018 | 191 | 191 | #1,226 | — |
| 2017 | 193 | 193 | #1,238 | — |
| 2016 | 174 | 174 | #1,363 | — |
| 2015 | 133 | 133 | #1,617 | — |
| 2014 | 136 | 136 | #1,585 | — |
| 2013 | 127 | 127 | #1,671 | — |
| 2012 | 89 | 89 | #2,139 | — |
| 2011 | 67 | 67 | #2,652 | — |
| 2010 | 69 | 69 | #2,630 | — |
| 2009 | 61 | 61 | #2,874 | — |
| 2008 | 44 | 44 | #3,680 | — |
| 2007 | 59 | 59 | #3,018 | — |
| 2006 | 38 | 38 | #3,963 | — |
| 2005 | 53 | 53 | #3,038 | — |
| 2004 | 46 | 46 | #3,306 | — |
| 2003 | 49 | 49 | #3,075 | — |
| 2002 | 31 | 31 | #4,139 | — |
| 2001 | 39 | 39 | #3,463 | — |
| 2000 | 45 | 45 | #3,102 | — |
| 1999 | 41 | 41 | #3,168 | — |
| 1998 | 31 | 31 | #3,788 | — |
| 1997 | 36 | — | #3,273 | — |
| 1996 | 41 | — | #2,933 | — |
| 1995 | 38 | — | #3,057 | — |
| 1994 | 59 | — | #2,242 | — |
| 1993 | 51 | — | #2,474 | — |
| 1992 | 62 | — | #2,170 | — |
| 1991 | 73 | — | #1,925 | — |
| 1990 | 59 | — | #2,188 | — |
| 1989 | 84 | — | #1,646 | — |
| 1988 | 80 | — | #1,627 | — |
| 1987 | 91 | — | #1,442 | — |
| 1986 | 68 | — | #1,727 | — |
| 1985 | 86 | — | #1,454 | — |
| 1984 | 81 | — | #1,439 | — |
| 1983 | 101 | — | #1,249 | — |
| 1982 | 94 | — | #1,330 | — |
| 1981 | 126 | — | #1,105 | — |
| 1980 | 103 | — | #1,263 | — |
| 1979 | 97 | — | #1,296 | — |
| 1978 | 101 | — | #1,234 | — |
| 1977 | 103 | — | #1,195 | — |
| 1976 | 124 | — | #1,012 | — |
| 1975 | 146 | — | #901 | — |
| 1974 | 151 | — | #865 | — |
| 1973 | 159 | — | #827 | — |
| 1972 | 186 | — | #751 | — |
| 1971 | 222 | — | #688 | — |
| 1970 | 238 | — | #671 | — |
| 1969 | 245 | — | #632 | — |
| 1968 | 278 | — | #576 | — |
| 1967 | 339 | — | #516 | — |
| 1966 | 290 | — | #557 | — |
| 1965 | 339 | — | #518 | — |
| 1964 | 376 | — | #505 | — |
| 1963 | 378 | — | #500 | — |
| 1962 | 394 | — | #489 | — |
| 1961 | 448 | — | #463 | — |
| 1960 | 473 | — | #448 | — |
| 1959 | 489 | — | #434 | — |
| 1958 | 478 | — | #432 | — |
| 1957 | 579 | — | #378 | — |
| 1956 | 515 | — | #398 | — |
| 1955 | 429 | — | #427 | — |
| 1954 | 402 | — | #438 | — |
| 1953 | 428 | — | #417 | — |
| 1952 | 425 | — | #408 | — |
| 1951 | 410 | — | #409 | — |
| 1950 | 433 | — | #392 | — |
| 1949 | 409 | — | #392 | — |
| 1948 | 403 | — | #395 | — |
| 1947 | 411 | — | #396 | — |
| 1946 | 363 | — | #400 | — |
| 1945 | 332 | — | #390 | — |
| 1944 | 382 | — | #354 | — |
| 1943 | 433 | — | #343 | — |
| 1942 | 440 | — | #330 | — |
| 1941 | 440 | — | #311 | — |
| 1940 | 410 | — | #315 | — |
| 1939 | 429 | — | #295 | — |
| 1938 | 390 | — | #313 | — |
| 1937 | 420 | — | #301 | — |
| 1936 | 397 | — | #305 | #3,844 |
| 1935 | 462 | — | #282 | — |
| 1934 | 459 | — | #286 | — |
| 1933 | 460 | — | #281 | — |
| 1932 | 481 | — | #285 | — |
| 1931 | 447 | — | #304 | #3,272 |
| 1930 | 523 | — | #288 | — |
| 1929 | 480 | — | #304 | — |
| 1928 | 608 | — | #262 | — |
| 1927 | 645 | — | #261 | — |
| 1926 | 618 | — | #270 | #3,574 |
| 1925 | 615 | — | #267 | — |
| 1924 | 678 | — | #252 | — |
| 1923 | 589 | — | #265 | — |
| 1922 | 651 | — | #256 | — |
| 1921 | 621 | — | #266 | — |
| 1920 | 595 | — | #267 | — |
| 1919 | 493 | — | #285 | — |
| 1918 | 563 | — | #270 | — |
| 1917 | 522 | — | #272 | #3,790 |
| 1916 | 532 | — | #263 | — |
| 1915 | 543 | — | #255 | — |
| 1914 | 402 | — | #260 | #3,105 |
| 1913 | 289 | — | #275 | — |
| 1912 | 281 | — | #266 | — |
| 1911 | 211 | — | #268 | — |
| 1910 | 214 | — | #262 | — |
| 1909 | 189 | — | #262 | — |
| 1908 | 180 | — | #264 | — |
| 1907 | 166 | — | #268 | — |
| 1906 | 176 | — | #245 | — |
| 1905 | 160 | — | #261 | — |
| 1904 | 138 | — | #270 | — |
| 1903 | 132 | — | #269 | — |
| 1902 | 129 | — | #275 | — |
| 1901 | 118 | — | #273 | — |
| 1900 | 153 | — | #265 | — |
| 1899 | 92 | — | #313 | — |
| 1898 | 135 | — | #257 | — |
| 1897 | 133 | — | #244 | — |
| 1896 | 134 | — | #239 | — |
| 1895 | 103 | — | #278 | — |
| 1894 | 101 | — | #277 | — |
| 1893 | 93 | — | #276 | — |
| 1892 | 120 | — | #244 | — |
| 1891 | 95 | — | #250 | — |
| 1890 | 102 | — | #245 | — |
| 1889 | 91 | — | #244 | — |
| 1888 | 105 | — | #225 | — |
| 1887 | 98 | — | #206 | — |
| 1886 | 75 | — | #238 | — |
| 1885 | 73 | — | #232 | — |
| 1884 | 73 | — | #223 | — |
| 1883 | 66 | — | #220 | — |
| 1882 | 70 | — | #199 | — |
| 1881 | 68 | — | #183 | — |
| 1880 | 66 | — | #185 | — |