Lenore
Lenore is a feminine, rarely masculine, given name which may refer to:Lenore Aubert (1913–1993), American actress Lenore E.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Lenore
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lenore is a feminine, rarely masculine, given name which may refer to:Lenore Aubert (1913–1993), American actress Lenore E.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Lenore
Lenore first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 12 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1926, when 460 Lenores were born — ranking #311 that year. As of 2026, Lenore ranks #1,936 for baby girls with 103 births, rising sharply (+53% over the past five years). In total, more than 23K Lenores have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lenore
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Names that sound like Lenore
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About the name Lenore
Lenore is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 23K births in the dataset. Lenore's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #309. Use the chart and map above to compare Lenore'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 .
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