How Many People Are Named Leonora?
people named Leonora are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 101,389 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,504 babies named Leonora in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
138 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian short form of ELEANOR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Leonora in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leonora alive today is about 44 years old, and 39% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 12 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leonora first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 138 babies. In 2025, 114 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leonora has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #314, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,772.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,772 |
| Best rank | #314 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #648 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leonora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leonora were born in New York than in any other state: about 632 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leonora was given 16 times as often in Hawaii, 5.2 times in New York and 2.4 times in Massachusetts.
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