Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Lenore

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Lenore
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1926

Peak rank proxy

460

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19262024

Peak year

1926

Decline from peak

78.9%

2024

All-time

22,870

Lenore has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1926, when 460 girls were named Lenore.

In 2024, only 97 girls were given the name.

Down 78.9% from its peak.

All told, about 22,870 Americans have been named Lenore and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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