Lenore

Girl name

Lenore has been given to 22,974 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1926.

Meaning & origin /ləˈnoɹ/

Apheretic form of Eleanor.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

22,974

Peak year

1926 (460 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +44%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lenore.

23,150 babies since 1893

22,656 babies since 1880

22,102 babies since 1880

21,933 babies since 1882

24,072 babies since 1914

21,640 babies since 1880

21,626 babies since 1880

24,511 babies since 1882

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