Lenora
Lenora is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lenora
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lenora 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 Lenora
The earliest SSA record of Lenora as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 66 babies received it. 1924 was its biggest year on record, with 678 newborns named Lenora — #252 in the national rankings. As of 2026, Lenora ranks #669 for baby girls with 434 births, rising sharply (+79% over the past five years). All told, over 37K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lenora
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Names that sound like Lenora
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About the name Lenora
Lenora is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 37K births in the dataset. Lenora's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #181. Use the chart and map above to compare Lenora'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.