Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lenore

#960 most common girls' name of all time · #1,729 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#960
Rank overall
#1,729 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
22,974
Since 2016
699
Peak year
1926 #311
Best rank
#309 1915
Girls Boys peak 460/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lenore is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 98 — 98 #1,964
2024 97 — 97 #2,011
2023 71 — 71 #2,494
2022 76 — 76 #2,406
2021 73 — 73 #2,441
2020 41 — 41 #3,609
2019 71 — 71 #2,482
2018 60 — 60 #2,811
2017 46 — 46 #3,390
2016 66 — 66 #2,646
2015 68 — 68 #2,620
2014 63 — 63 #2,739
2013 41 — 41 #3,705
2012 38 — 38 #3,990
2011 34 — 34 #4,247
2010 24 — 24 #5,605
2009 21 — 21 #6,321
2008 21 — 21 #6,353
2007 18 — 18 #7,097
2006 21 — 21 #6,127
2005 16 — 16 #7,142
2004 13 — 13 #8,264
2003 14 — 14 #7,583
2002 9 — 9 #10,249
2001 12 — 12 #8,200
2000 16 — 16 #6,491
1999 12 — 12 #7,722
1998 20 — 20 #5,125
1997 14 — 14 #6,488
1996 9 — 9 #8,818
1995 12 — 12 #7,047
1994 19 — 19 #5,020
1993 12 — 12 #7,042
1992 9 — 9 #8,745
1991 27 — 27 #3,820
1990 23 — 23 #4,231
1989 29 — 29 #3,480
1988 27 — 27 #3,485
1987 18 — 18 #4,476
1986 44 — 44 #2,302
1985 33 — 33 #2,806
1984 32 — 32 #2,787
1983 31 — 31 #2,786
1982 36 — 36 #2,583
1981 63 — 63 #1,768
1980 39 — 39 #2,441
1979 53 — 53 #1,953
1978 47 — 47 #2,015
1977 54 — 54 #1,858
1976 63 — 63 #1,585
1975 84 — 84 #1,309
1974 109 — 109 #1,076
1973 128 — 128 #943
1972 149 — 149 #865
1971 187 — 187 #778
1970 156 — 156 #860
1969 174 — 174 #770
1968 205 — 205 #679
1967 198 — 198 #694
1966 148 — 148 #817
1965 157 — 157 #788
1964 155 — 155 #839
1963 177 — 177 #778
1962 221 — 221 #693
1961 235 — 235 #676
1960 257 — 257 #631
1959 291 — 291 #578
1958 284 — 284 #590
1957 289 — 289 #567
1956 250 — 250 #602
1955 254 — 254 #574
1954 244 — 244 #576
1953 257 — 257 #540
1952 307 — 307 #479
1951 308 — 308 #473
1950 291 — 291 #476
1949 321 — 321 #445
1948 355 — 355 #420
1947 408 — 408 #400
1946 371 — 371 #396
1945 275 — 275 #431
1944 309 — 309 #409
1943 344 — 344 #394
1942 360 — 360 #373
1941 284 — 284 #407
1940 239 — 239 #441
1939 296 — 296 #383
1938 333 — 333 #353
1937 340 — 340 #345
1936 373 — 373 #315
1935 352 — 352 #339
1934 350 — 350 #337
1933 376 — 376 #322
1932 373 — 373 #330
1931 398 — 398 #320
1930 411 — 411 #325
1929 433 6 439 #315
1928 415 — 415 #328
1927 459 — 459 #313
1926 460 — 460 #311
1925 408 — 408 #332
1924 434 — 434 #321
1923 387 — 387 #332
1922 439 — 439 #311
1921 417 — 417 #324
1920 402 — 402 #325
1919 390 — 390 #319
1918 412 — 412 #315
1917 367 — 367 #320
1916 330 — 330 #340
1915 360 — 360 #309
1914 270 — 270 #321
1913 210 — 210 #332
1912 168 — 168 #354
1911 131 — 131 #349
1910 140 — 140 #330
1909 114 — 114 #338
1908 115 — 115 #333
1907 97 — 97 #359
1906 117 — 117 #312
1905 113 — 113 #318
1904 82 — 82 #362
1903 78 — 78 #364
1902 84 — 84 #347
1901 56 — 56 #394
1900 81 — 81 #374
1899 68 — 68 #356
1898 59 — 59 #403
1897 67 — 67 #359
1896 66 — 66 #359
1895 62 — 62 #354
1894 43 — 43 #426
1893 67 — 67 #330
1892 49 — 49 #383
1891 25 — 25 #517
1890 38 — 38 #411
1889 37 — 37 #403
1888 31 — 31 #449
1887 37 — 37 #359
1886 20 — 20 #499
1885 22 — 22 #452
1884 13 — 13 #589
1883 17 — 17 #474
1882 19 — 19 #428
1881 10 — 10 #550
1880 12 — 12 #509