# Lenore (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lenore/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ləˈnoɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,974 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 22,968 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Apheretic form of Eleanor.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 4,314 |
| 2012 | 38 | 4,029 |
| 2013 | 41 | 3,752 |
| 2014 | 63 | 2,765 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,635 |
| 2016 | 66 | 2,656 |
| 2017 | 46 | 3,421 |
| 2018 | 60 | 2,829 |
| 2019 | 71 | 2,494 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,660 |
| 2021 | 73 | 2,455 |
| 2022 | 76 | 2,418 |
| 2023 | 71 | 2,508 |
| 2024 | 97 | 2,024 |
| 2025 | 98 | 1,971 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 6 | 3,777 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Lenore

- Lenore Blum, American computer scientist and mathematician (1942-)
- Lenore Kight, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1911-2000)
- Lenore J. Coffee, American screenwriter and author (1896–1984)
- Lenore Ulric, American actress (1892-1970)
- Lenore Zann, Canadian actress and politician
- Lisa Hanawalt, American illustrator and TV producer (1983-)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.