first name
LEONOR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,390 people named Leonor, 90.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.6% as White. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Leonor peaked in 2024, when 93 babies got the name.
At least 6,183 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.
Leonor by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,494. The largest share of babies named Leonor, 19%, 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 Leonor is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leonor has been most common in Texas (7.8×), New Mexico (3.1×), and California (2.6×), and least common in Illinois (0.22×).
4,386 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 Leonor
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leonor, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Leonor ranks #26,703 of 156,621, with 961 people. See Leonor as a last name
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