How Many People Are Named Leonore?
people named Leonore are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 534,038 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,313 babies named Leonore in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
70 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German 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 Leonore in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Leonore alive today is about 62 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Leonore first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1928, to 70 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Leonore has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #724, in 1906. In 2025 it ranked #12,621.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,621 |
| Best rank | #724 (1906) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #961 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Leonore alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Leonore were born in New York than in any other state: about 87 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leonore was given 7.5 times as often in New York, 2 times in Pennsylvania and 1.3 times in Illinois.
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