Eleanore Girl
How popular is Eleanore?
#1,396 girl name in 2025
156 baby girls were named Eleanore in the US in 2025, making it the 1396th most popular girl name.
Eleanore popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,396 for girls (▲ 113 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 156 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,123 in 2015, #1,830 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (768 girls) |
| Highest rank | #225 in 1916 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eleanore counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eleanor family of names ranked #18 for girls in 2025 (#21 the year before), with 7,955 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eleanor | 7,649 | 96% |
| Eleanore | 156 | 2% |
| Elleanor | 48 | 1% |
| Elenor | 41 | 1% |
| Ellenor | 29 | 0% |
| Elenore | 16 | 0% |
| Ellenore | 16 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eleanore is most popular
Babies named Eleanore per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Idaho: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Eleanore by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | #466 |
| 1890s | 278 | #448 |
| 1900s | 613 | #375 |
| 1910s | 4,807 | #225 |
| 1920s | 6,319 | #235 |
| 1930s | 2,628 | #345 |
| 1940s | 963 | #529 |
| 1950s | 434 | #1,223 |
| 1960s | 198 | #1,920 |
| 1970s | 138 | #3,110 |
| 1980s | 139 | #3,718 |
| 1990s | 215 | #3,771 |
| 2000s | 386 | #3,125 |
| 2010s | 761 | #1,915 |
| 2020s | 738 | #1,396 |
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Questions
- Is Eleanore a boy or girl name?
- Eleanore is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eleanore were girls.
- How popular is the name Eleanore?
- 156 baby girls were named Eleanore in the US in 2025, making it the 1396th most popular girl name.
- When was Eleanore most popular?
- Eleanore peaked in 1921, when 768 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #225 in 1916.
- How many people are named Eleanore?
- 18,724 babies have been named Eleanore in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,423 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 46.
- Where is Eleanore most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eleanore was most common in Washington, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.