Is Lenore a boy or girl name?
Lenore is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 97 girls and 0 boys were named Lenore, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 22,876 US babies named Lenore were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,018
- Babies named Lenore since 1880
- 22,876
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 460 babies
Boys and girls named Lenore, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 218 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 544 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 937 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 2,778 | 100% |
| 1920s | 6 | 4,254 | 99.9% |
| 1930s | 0 | 3,602 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 3,266 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,776 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,926 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,030 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 352 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 157 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 161 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 511 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 358 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 97 | #2,018 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 71 | #2,504 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 76 | #2,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 73 | #2,454 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 41 | #3,656 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 60 | #2,828 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 46 | #3,420 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 66 | #2,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 68 | #2,635 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 63 | #2,765 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 41 | #3,750 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 38 | #4,029 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 34 | #4,314 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 24 | #5,717 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 21 | #6,449 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 21 | #6,474 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 18 | #7,280 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 21 | #6,256 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 16 | #7,347 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 13 | #8,521 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 14 | #7,822 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 9 | #10,719 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 12 | #8,517 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 16 | #6,672 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 12 | #8,010 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 20 | #5,266 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 14 | #6,679 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 9 | #9,240 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 12 | #7,323 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 19 | #5,147 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 12 | #7,295 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 9 | #9,178 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 23 | #4,319 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 29 | #3,531 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 27 | #3,542 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 18 | #4,587 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 44 | #2,319 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 33 | #2,836 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 32 | #2,821 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 31 | #2,825 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 36 | #2,619 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 63 | #1,777 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 39 | #2,471 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,960 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 47 | #2,032 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,867 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 63 | #1,593 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 84 | #1,313 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 109 | #1,077 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 128 | #945 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 149 | #864 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 187 | #778 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 156 | #862 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 174 | #773 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 205 | #679 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 198 | #694 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 148 | #819 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 157 | #789 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 155 | #840 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 177 | #779 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 221 | #693 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 236 | #676 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 255 | #633 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 291 | #578 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 284 | #590 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 289 | #568 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 251 | #602 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 254 | #574 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 244 | #576 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 257 | #542 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 307 | #480 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 308 | #474 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 291 | #476 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 321 | #445 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 355 | #420 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 408 | #400 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 371 | #395 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 275 | #431 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 309 | #409 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 344 | #394 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 360 | #375 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 284 | #405 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 239 | #441 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 296 | #383 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 333 | #353 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 340 | #346 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 373 | #316 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 352 | #337 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 350 | #337 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 376 | #322 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 373 | #330 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 398 | #320 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 411 | #325 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,777 | 433 | #315 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 415 | #328 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 459 | #311 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 460 | #312 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 408 | #332 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 434 | #321 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 387 | #332 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 439 | #311 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 417 | #323 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 402 | #325 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 390 | #319 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 412 | #316 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 367 | #320 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 330 | #340 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 360 | #309 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 270 | #320 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 210 | #332 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 168 | #353 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 131 | #349 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 140 | #331 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 114 | #338 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 115 | #333 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 97 | #359 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 117 | #312 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 113 | #317 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 82 | #362 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 78 | #363 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 84 | #347 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 56 | #394 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 81 | #372 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 68 | #356 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 59 | #404 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 67 | #358 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 66 | #358 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 62 | #354 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 43 | #425 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 67 | #330 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 49 | #383 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 25 | #517 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 38 | #411 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 37 | #402 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 31 | #445 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 37 | #356 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 20 | #499 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 22 | #453 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 13 | #603 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 17 | #472 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 19 | #424 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 12 | #509 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Lenore reached #3,777 in 1929. As a girl name, it reached #309 in 1915. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Lenore
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.