Leanora
Leanora is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Leanora
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leanora is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Leanora
American parents first put Leanora on the record books as a baby girl name in 1897, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1927, when 28 Leanoras were born — ranking #1,559 that year. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #7,497 among baby girl names with 14 births, gradually rising (+7%). In total, more than 1K Leanoras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Leanora
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About the name Leanora
Leanora is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1897 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Leanora's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #1,162. Use the chart and map above to compare Leanora's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.