Leonora

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Leonora: Recorded since 1966, it reached #92 in 2016, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#92highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1543
1998	#1979
1999	#1805
2000	#1995
2002	#2540
2003	#1996
2004	#3725
2005	#1589
2006	#1748
2007	#2410
2008	#3005
2009	#2759
2010	#2843
2011	#1729
2012	#1893
2013	#1774
2014	#2203
2015	#1452
2016	#1571
2017	#1330
2018	#1170
2019	#1119
2020	#969
2021	#901
2022	#729
2023	#888
2024	#811

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 Norway in 30 of the 37 years from 1989 to 2025.

In 2024: #105 among girls in Norway, #811 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2025 · 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 recorded1989–2025
Highest recorded position: #92 among girls in Norway, in 2016 (recorded 1989–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #97 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Leonora appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, with 30 ranked years and 1,001 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1966.

Leonora across 3 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.

Leonora'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
Norway · Girls	#535 (1989)	#92 (2016)	#97 (2025)	30 of 37	1,001 (1989–2025)	67 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#729 (2022)	#811 (2024)	28 of 29	520 (1996–2024)	50 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#321 (1975)	#516 (1993)	16 of 28	60 (1966–1993)	8 (1975)

Leonora by decade in Norway · 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 Leonora in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	7	1 of 10	7
1990s	24	3 of 10	8
2000s	178	10 of 10	18
2010s	473	10 of 10	47
2020sbusiest	319	6 of 10	53

Across Norway · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 53 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Leonora 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 3 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #92 in Norway in 2017.

Leonora'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	#811	46	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#888	40	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#729	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#901	39	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#969	35	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1119	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1330	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#97	62	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#105	51	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#100	58	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#105	51	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#108	48	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#109	49	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#117	46	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#126	45	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#92	64	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#92	67	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#117	53	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#122	50	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#190	30	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#190	30	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#144	46	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#151	42	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#194	31	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#213	28	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#204	29	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#216	26	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#260	19	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#385	10	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#500	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#351	11	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#398	9	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#396	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#406	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#407	9	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#543	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#535	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #92, first reached in 2016.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in Norway in 2016.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1989, and 30 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.

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.

Leonna · #516, 13y
Leonor · #1102, 22y
Leopold · #932, 28y
Leora · #1541, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Aishling · #93, 48y
Howard · #90, 53y
Harold · #88, 50y
Laoise · #96, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Cathy · #92, 54y
Leigh · #92, 55y
Mira · #92, 50y
Aishling · #93, 48y

Leonora was ranked #92 in Norway · Girls in 2016. 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.

Leonora 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 Leonora without appearing here.

Leonora moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1589 and #4798.
Pauline Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #2589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1729 and #4764.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1893 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1774 and #4739.
Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1589 and #3970.

Moved ahead of Leonora

Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1996 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1535.
Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1995 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #809.
Ida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1995 and #2167 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #1442.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1748 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2410 and #1573.

Moved the opposite way to Leonora

Camilla Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leonora went from #535 to #97 while Camilla went from #3 to #279.
Hanne Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leonora went from #535 to #97 while Hanne went from #15 to #318.
Heidi Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leonora went from #535 to #97 while Heidi went from #29 to #437.
Helene Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leonora went from #535 to #97 while Helene went from #17 to #101.

Moved the same way as Leonora

Amanda Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leonora went from #535 to #97 and Amanda from #165 to #52.
Annie Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leonora went from #535 to #97 and Annie from #439 to #214.
Åse Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leonora went from #535 to #97 and Åse from #185 to #93.
Ella Compare
Between 1989 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Leonora went from #535 to #97 and Ella from #478 to #4.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 3 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #92 in Norway in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Leonora

Leonora at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Leonora across 3 official records

Leonora by decade in Norway · Girls

Leonora appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Leonora

Leonora and the names beside it

Leonora moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leonora

Moved the opposite way to Leonora

Moved the same way as Leonora

Leonora at a glance

Leonora across 3 official records

Leonora by decade in Norway · Girls

Leonora 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 Leonora

Leonora and the names beside it

Leonora moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Leonora

Moved the opposite way to Leonora

Moved the same way as Leonora