Lenora

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lenora: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lenora: Recorded since 1966, with a gap of 23 years, its highest recorded position is #380, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#380highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lenora's record

Absent from every published list for 23 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#5545
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#3899
2021	#2942
2022	#3970
2023	#1640
2024	#1603

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 3 of the 19 years from 1966 to 1984.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–1984
Highest recorded position: #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1966–1984).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lenora appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 11 ranked years and 78 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1966.

Lenora across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lenora's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#380 (1966)	#516 (1984)	3 of 19	12 (1966–1984)	6 (1977)
England and Wales · Girls	#5545 (2008)	#1603 (2024)	#1603 (2024)	11 of 17	78 (2008–2024)	19 (2024)

Lenora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lenora in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	20	5 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lenora appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #380 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Lenora's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #380, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 42 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
23 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#1,603position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
42 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 41 years or more →
19births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adrianne · #380, 18y
Kaleigh · #380, 12y
Olin · #379, 11y
Tyreke · #379, 9y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Adrianne · #380, 18y
Agatha · #380, 33y
Estella · #380, 30y
Rosina · #380, 33y

Lenora was ranked #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lenora and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lenora without appearing here.

Lenora moved ahead of

Max Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1640 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1640 and #5687.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #4843.
Carter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3970 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1603 and #4843.

Moved the opposite way to Lenora

Abigail Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenora went from #5545 to #1603 while Abigail went from #29 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenora went from #5545 to #1603 while Aimee went from #86 to #1603.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenora went from #5545 to #1603 while Alex went from #397 to #2253.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenora went from #5545 to #1603 while Alexandra went from #90 to #215.

Moved the same way as Lenora

Ada Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenora went from #5545 to #1603 and Ada from #699 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenora went from #5545 to #1603 and Alma from #1247 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenora went from #5545 to #1603 and Amelia from #9 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lenora went from #5545 to #1603 and Aria from #1135 to #35.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #380 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lenora

Lenora at a glance

What stands out in Lenora's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lenora across 2 official records

Lenora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lenora appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Lenora and the names beside it

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Lenora at a glance

What stands out in Lenora's record

Lenora across 2 official records

Lenora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lenora appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Lenora

Lenora and the names beside it

Lenora moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Lenora

Moved the same way as Lenora