Baby name

Lenora

Girl

Comeback name

1924 was its best year: 678 births, or 1 baby in 3,513. After a low point around 1997, parents rediscovered it: about 370 births a year today. In 2025, it ranked No. 538.

37,058births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 252rank at its peak, in 1924

Where babies named Lenora are born

1924

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The darker the blue, the more common Lenora is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Lenora is most common in Mississippi (2.8 times), Oklahoma (2.6) and Arkansas (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Lenore 22,968
Leora 12,119
Leonora 7,504
Elenora 3,661
Lanora 2,245
Leanora 1,469

Names from the same era

Bettie · Bette · Melba · Laverne · Reba · Bernadine

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