Lenora
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About Lenora
A lovely (and uncommon) longer form for Nora, one of the most fashionable international nickname names around. Lenora fell off the US charts in the 70s, but just re-entered in 2022 as parents' love for short forms Leni and Nora is growing.
Pronounced leh-NOR-ah.
As of October 2026, Lenora ranked #539 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #183 in 1881, Nameberry popularity #366.
Editor's take: The name Lenora is a girl's name of English origin meaning "light".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,585 | 136 | 76.1 |
| 2015 | #1,617 | 133 | 74.5 |
| 2016 | #1,361 | 174 | 98.2 |
| 2017 | #1,238 | 193 | 111.8 |
| 2018 | #1,225 | 191 | 112.3 |
| 2019 | #1,105 | 222 | 132.3 |
| 2020 | #1,114 | 219 | 135.5 |
| 2021 | #1,068 | 235 | 143.2 |
| 2022 | #931 | 290 | 176.8 |
| 2023 | #766 | 368 | 229.3 |
| 2024 | #714 | 392 | 241.9 |
| 2025 | #539 | 562 | 349.7 |
World rankings
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Lenora on lists
Famous Lenoras
- Lenora Branch Fulani
American psychologist, activist and politician
- Lenora Isabella Crichlow
English actress
- Lenora Nemetz
American actress
- Lenora Hume
Canadian film producer
- Lenora Mattingly Weber
American novelist
- Octavia Lenora Spencer
American actress
Lenora in pop culture
- Lenora Tripp
character in movie "The Californians"
- Lenora
character in "Beautiful" by Amy Reed
- Lenora
normal,type gym leader in the video games Pokémon Black and Pokémon White
- Lenora Wickstaff
character in children's novel "The Wish Giver"
- Lenora
character in the musical "Cry,Baby"
- Lenora Janeth
character in the Netflix series "Trollhunters"