Lenorris
An invented name, possibly blending elements meaning "lion" and "honor".
Name Census estimates that about 57 living Americans carry the first name Lenorris. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Lenorris today is around 54 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Lenorris births was 1974 (7 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Lenorris. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Lenorris. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
57
~ 1 in 6,013,234 Americans
Peak year
1974
7 babies that year
Average age
54
years old
1989 SSA rank
#8,692
Tracked since 1947
Census
Lenorris in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 119 people with the first name Lenorris, which placed it at #50,492 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#50,492
National first-name rank
People counted
119
119 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
91.6% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Lenorris
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lenorris is Black at 91.6%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (4.2%) and White (2.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Lenorris described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Lenorris at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American91.6% · 109
- Two or more races4.2% · 5
- White2.5% · 3
- Hispanic or Latino0.8% · 1
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.8% · 1
Popularity
Lenorris: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Lenorris from the 1940s through to the 1980s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 22 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1970s peak, Lenorris remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lenorris by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Lenorris during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Lenorris
The name Lenorris has its origins in the ancient Germanic languages, tracing back to the 5th century. It is believed to be derived from the Old High German name "Leonhard," which itself is a combination of the words "lewo" meaning "lion" and "hard" meaning "brave" or "hardy." The earliest known recorded use of the name dates back to the 6th century, when it appeared in the Codex Sangallensis, a collection of Germanic legal texts.
One of the earliest notable bearers of the name was Lenorris the Valiant, a Frankish warrior who fought alongside Charlemagne in the 8th century. His exploits were chronicled in the Chanson de Roland, an epic poem that recounted the legendary Battle of Roncevaux Pass.
In the 11th century, Lenorris of Rheims was a renowned scholar and theologian who played a significant role in the intellectual and religious debates of his time. His treatises on the nature of the Trinity and the role of reason in faith were widely studied and discussed throughout Europe.
During the Renaissance, Lenorris Machiavelli, a distant cousin of the famous political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, was a prominent humanist and patron of the arts. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Accademia del Disegno, one of the earliest art academies in Italy, which helped to foster the development of the Renaissance style.
In the 18th century, Lenorris Euler was a Swiss mathematician and physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to the fields of calculus, mechanics, and optics. He is widely regarded as one of the most prolific and influential mathematicians of all time, and his works laid the foundations for many modern mathematical concepts.
Finally, in the 19th century, Lenorris Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist who is best known for his pioneering work on the germ theory of disease. His discoveries and innovations in the field of microbiology, such as the pasteurization process and the development of vaccines, have had a profound impact on modern medicine and public health.
People
Lenorris + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Lenorris as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Lenorris: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Lenorris?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 57 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Lenorris going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 6,013,234 US residents.
Is Lenorris a common name?
We classify Lenorris as "Very Rare". It ranks above 56.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 65 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Lenorris most popular?
The single biggest year for Lenorris was 1974, when 7 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Lenorris is about 54 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Lenorris in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 119 people with the name Lenorris, or 0.04 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #50,492 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Lenorris in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Lenorris?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Lenorris appears almost entirely male. Of the 117 people counted with this name, 99.1% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Lenorris?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Lenorris is Black at 91.6%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (4.2%) and White (2.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Lenorris most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Lenorris in the 2020 Census, accounting for 91.6% (109 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Lenorris in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Lenorris a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Lenorris in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Lenorris still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Lenorris in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Lenorris can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Lenorris?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.