Leonor
Leonor or Léonor is the Spanish form of the given name Eleanor.
Meaning & Origin of Leonor
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leonor or Léonor is the Spanish form of the given name Eleanor.
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The Story of Leonor
Leonor first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1885, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 93 Leonors were born — ranking #2,061 that year. As of 2026, Leonor ranks #2,117 for baby girls with 91 births, rising sharply (+67% over the past five years). In total, more than 6K Leonors have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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About the name Leonor
Leonor is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1885 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Leonor's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #719. Use the chart and map above to compare Leonor'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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