girls:
2.3k births since 1881
#3604 (37th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1881
#5506 (29th percentile)
The name Leonore is the #5,506 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,298 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 28.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,604 (36.9% percentile) for all time with 2,298 births since 1881.
Leonore first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for girls in 1881). Birth data for Leonore is available in 110 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Leonore reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 10.7% percentile (ranked #541) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 1906, with 83 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Leonore ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 4.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Leonore".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Leonore", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Leonor" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Leonor..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Leonore. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.7% confident that Leonore is pronounced as LEE-uh-nor, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-uh-NOR, at 30.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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