Lenore is an established girls' name that peaked in 1926 and has since faded.
Lenore is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,971 for girl births in the United States (and #3,589 across all names), given to 98 babies. Lenore first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1926 (460 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98 | 98 | #1,971 | — |
| 2024 | 97 | 97 | #2,024 | — |
| 2023 | 71 | 71 | #2,508 | — |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | #2,418 | — |
| 2021 | 73 | 73 | #2,455 | — |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | #3,660 | — |
| 2019 | 71 | 71 | #2,494 | — |
| 2018 | 60 | 60 | #2,829 | — |
| 2017 | 46 | 46 | #3,421 | — |
| 2016 | 66 | 66 | #2,656 | — |
| 2015 | 68 | 68 | #2,635 | — |
| 2014 | 63 | 63 | #2,765 | — |
| 2013 | 41 | 41 | #3,752 | — |
| 2012 | 38 | 38 | #4,029 | — |
| 2011 | 34 | 34 | #4,314 | — |
| 2010 | 24 | 24 | #5,719 | — |
| 2009 | 21 | 21 | #6,451 | — |
| 2008 | 21 | 21 | #6,475 | — |
| 2007 | 18 | 18 | #7,280 | — |
| 2006 | 21 | 21 | #6,257 | — |
| 2005 | 16 | 16 | #7,347 | — |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #8,521 | — |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | #7,823 | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #10,719 | — |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | #8,517 | — |
| 2000 | 16 | 16 | #6,672 | — |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #8,010 | — |
| 1998 | 20 | 20 | #5,266 | — |
| 1997 | 14 | — | #6,679 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #9,240 | — |
| 1995 | 12 | — | #7,324 | — |
| 1994 | 19 | — | #5,147 | — |
| 1993 | 12 | — | #7,295 | — |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #9,178 | — |
| 1991 | 27 | — | #3,887 | — |
| 1990 | 23 | — | #4,319 | — |
| 1989 | 29 | — | #3,531 | — |
| 1988 | 27 | — | #3,542 | — |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #4,586 | — |
| 1986 | 44 | — | #2,319 | — |
| 1985 | 33 | — | #2,836 | — |
| 1984 | 32 | — | #2,820 | — |
| 1983 | 31 | — | #2,825 | — |
| 1982 | 36 | — | #2,619 | — |
| 1981 | 63 | — | #1,777 | — |
| 1980 | 39 | — | #2,471 | — |
| 1979 | 53 | — | #1,960 | — |
| 1978 | 47 | — | #2,032 | — |
| 1977 | 54 | — | #1,867 | — |
| 1976 | 63 | — | #1,593 | — |
| 1975 | 84 | — | #1,313 | — |
| 1974 | 109 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1973 | 128 | — | #945 | — |
| 1972 | 149 | — | #864 | — |
| 1971 | 187 | — | #779 | — |
| 1970 | 156 | — | #862 | — |
| 1969 | 174 | — | #772 | — |
| 1968 | 205 | — | #680 | — |
| 1967 | 198 | — | #694 | — |
| 1966 | 148 | — | #819 | — |
| 1965 | 157 | — | #789 | — |
| 1964 | 155 | — | #840 | — |
| 1963 | 177 | — | #779 | — |
| 1962 | 221 | — | #693 | — |
| 1961 | 235 | — | #676 | — |
| 1960 | 257 | — | #630 | — |
| 1959 | 291 | — | #578 | — |
| 1958 | 284 | — | #590 | — |
| 1957 | 289 | — | #568 | — |
| 1956 | 250 | — | #602 | — |
| 1955 | 254 | — | #574 | — |
| 1954 | 244 | — | #576 | — |
| 1953 | 257 | — | #542 | — |
| 1952 | 307 | — | #480 | — |
| 1951 | 308 | — | #474 | — |
| 1950 | 291 | — | #476 | — |
| 1949 | 321 | — | #445 | — |
| 1948 | 355 | — | #420 | — |
| 1947 | 408 | — | #400 | — |
| 1946 | 371 | — | #395 | — |
| 1945 | 275 | — | #431 | — |
| 1944 | 309 | — | #409 | — |
| 1943 | 344 | — | #394 | — |
| 1942 | 360 | — | #375 | — |
| 1941 | 284 | — | #406 | — |
| 1940 | 239 | — | #441 | — |
| 1939 | 296 | — | #383 | — |
| 1938 | 333 | — | #353 | — |
| 1937 | 340 | — | #346 | — |
| 1936 | 373 | — | #316 | — |
| 1935 | 352 | — | #337 | — |
| 1934 | 350 | — | #337 | — |
| 1933 | 376 | — | #322 | — |
| 1932 | 373 | — | #330 | — |
| 1931 | 398 | — | #320 | — |
| 1930 | 411 | — | #325 | — |
| 1929 | 439 | — | #315 | #3,777 |
| 1928 | 415 | — | #328 | — |
| 1927 | 459 | — | #311 | — |
| 1926 | 460 | — | #312 | — |
| 1925 | 408 | — | #332 | — |
| 1924 | 434 | — | #321 | — |
| 1923 | 387 | — | #332 | — |
| 1922 | 439 | — | #311 | — |
| 1921 | 417 | — | #323 | — |
| 1920 | 402 | — | #325 | — |
| 1919 | 390 | — | #319 | — |
| 1918 | 412 | — | #316 | — |
| 1917 | 367 | — | #320 | — |
| 1916 | 330 | — | #340 | — |
| 1915 | 360 | — | #309 | — |
| 1914 | 270 | — | #320 | — |
| 1913 | 210 | — | #332 | — |
| 1912 | 168 | — | #353 | — |
| 1911 | 131 | — | #349 | — |
| 1910 | 140 | — | #331 | — |
| 1909 | 114 | — | #338 | — |
| 1908 | 115 | — | #333 | — |
| 1907 | 97 | — | #359 | — |
| 1906 | 117 | — | #312 | — |
| 1905 | 113 | — | #317 | — |
| 1904 | 82 | — | #362 | — |
| 1903 | 78 | — | #363 | — |
| 1902 | 84 | — | #347 | — |
| 1901 | 56 | — | #394 | — |
| 1900 | 81 | — | #372 | — |
| 1899 | 68 | — | #356 | — |
| 1898 | 59 | — | #404 | — |
| 1897 | 67 | — | #358 | — |
| 1896 | 66 | — | #358 | — |
| 1895 | 62 | — | #354 | — |
| 1894 | 43 | — | #425 | — |
| 1893 | 67 | — | #330 | — |
| 1892 | 49 | — | #383 | — |
| 1891 | 25 | — | #517 | — |
| 1890 | 38 | — | #411 | — |
| 1889 | 37 | — | #402 | — |
| 1888 | 31 | — | #445 | — |
| 1887 | 37 | — | #356 | — |
| 1886 | 20 | — | #499 | — |
| 1885 | 22 | — | #453 | — |
| 1884 | 13 | — | #603 | — |
| 1883 | 17 | — | #472 | — |
| 1882 | 19 | — | #424 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #563 | — |
| 1880 | 12 | — | #509 | — |