Leonora is a distinctive choice, ranked #561 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Leonora in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#561
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About the Name Leonora
Leonora is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 158 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #729 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Leonora is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Leonora in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Leonora
Leonora Jiménez — Leonora Jiménez Monge is a Costa Rican beauty pageant titleholder and the original winner of 2005 Miss Asia Pacific International.
Leonora King — Leonora Howard King was a Canadian physician and medical missionary who spent 47 years practising medicine in China.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Leonora
Unlikely. With around 71 UK babies named Leonora per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Leonora in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Leonora is at its highest recorded position — #561 in 2025, with 71 births. In 2020 it ranked #969.
Leonora is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Leonora include: Leonora Jiménez and Leonora Anson, Countess of Lichfield. Short summaries for each appear below.
Leonora does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Leonoras in the wild.
71
UK babies named Leonora (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Leonora
Almost certainly the only Leonora in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Leonora
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Leonora Sanvitale (Contessa di Scandiano) was a noblewoman and singer at the Este court at Ferrara, and along with her stepmother Barbara Sanseverino, was among the most "brilliant" noblewomen at the court.
Leonora Christina, Countess Ulfeldt, born "Countess Leonora Christina Christiansdatter" til Slesvig og Holsten, was daughter to King Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk and wife of the Steward of the Realm, the traitor Count Corfitz Ulfeldt.
Leonora Dori Galigaï was a French courtier of Italian origin, an influential favourite of the French regent Marie de' Medici, mother of King Louis XIII.