How rare is the name Leonora?

5,625 people in the United States have the first name Leonora, about 1 in 53,694. It ranks #3,629 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LEONORA

#3,629

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,625
About
1 in 53,694
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,625 people named Leonora, 39.7% reported their origin as White, 30.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 18% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leonora peaked in 1924, when 138 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1924
Births that year
138
In 2025*
114 ▼17%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,504 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.

Leonora by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #738. The largest share of babies named Leonora, 29.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#743252
1890s#738373
1900s#970336
1910s#1,127916
1920s#1,1831,262
1930s#1,486718
1940s#1,846607
1950s#2,158610
1960s#2,572513
1970s#3,619360
1980s#5,802230
1990s#9,830151
2000s#9,216228
2010s#6,312426
2020s#3,898522
Before 19018.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–2729.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4517.5%
Baby boom 1946–6415.3%
Generation X 1965–808.2%
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–124.7%
2013 and later11.5%

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 Leonora is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leonora has been most common in Hawaii (15×), New York (5.7×), and Rhode Island (2.8×), and least common in Florida (0.27×).

3,231 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.

Exactly as common as Leonora

1 other first name also has 5,625 people.

#3,629 Devante · 5,625

Either side of Leonora

#3,627 Tosha · 5,628#3,629 Devante · 5,625#3,631 Thai · 5,623#3,632 Andrzej · 5,622

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leonora, most common first.

#1,880 Lenora · 15,277#1,946 Leonor · 14,390#2,308 Lenore · 11,122#12,202 Leonore · 1,027#13,732 Leanora · 873#22,184 Lenor · 451#31,173 Leanore · 276#34,047 Leanor · 241

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