first name
LENORE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 11,122 people named Lenore, 81.3% reported their origin as White, 9% as Black and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lenore peaked in 1926, when 460 babies got the name.
At least 22,974 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lenore by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #538. The largest share of babies named Lenore, 30.6%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lenore is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lenore has been most common in New York (3.3×), New Jersey (2.2×), and Wisconsin (2.2×), and least common in Florida (0.09×).
16,662 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lenore
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lenore, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lenore ranks #84,785 of 156,621, with 238 people. See Lenore as a last name
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