Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Lenore

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
Light
Light; like a lion
French

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Lenore

Pronunciation

l(e)-no-re

Famous People

Mathematician Lenore Blum, Politician/Civil Work Lenore Romney, Author Lenore Marshall, Screenwriter Lenore J. Coffee

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1929 (rank #3559, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1926 (rank #311, 461 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1962, 98 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–98
2024–97
2023–71
2022–76
2021–73
2020–41
2019–71
2018–60
2017–46
2016–66

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #4761, 4 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
20174
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #4084, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
20225
2021–
20204
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163
20153
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1979 (rank #467, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1975 (rank #429, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1964 (rank #268, 9 births); most recent 1968 (rank #391, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence