Elenor Girl
How popular is Elenor?
#3,644 girl name in 2025
41 baby girls were named Elenor in the US in 2025, making it the 3644th most popular girl name.
Elenor popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,644 for girls (▲ 1796 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 41 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+356% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #10,861 in 2015, #5,310 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (67 girls) |
| Highest rank | #640 in 1884 |
| First recorded | 1883 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elenor 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 Elenor is most popular
Babies named Elenor per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Elenor by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #640 |
| 1890s | 70 | #998 |
| 1900s | 96 | #961 |
| 1910s | 426 | #856 |
| 1920s | 522 | #905 |
| 1930s | 287 | #1,197 |
| 1940s | 173 | #1,471 |
| 1950s | 127 | #2,252 |
| 1960s | 89 | #3,378 |
| 1970s | 43 | #4,585 |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1990s | 33 | #10,263 |
| 2000s | 55 | #9,282 |
| 2010s | 135 | #5,039 |
| 2020s | 178 | #3,644 |
Girl names about as popular as Elenor
Questions
- Is Elenor a boy or girl name?
- Elenor is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elenor were girls.
- How popular is the name Elenor?
- 41 baby girls were named Elenor in the US in 2025, making it the 3644th most popular girl name.
- When was Elenor most popular?
- Elenor peaked in 1921, when 67 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #640 in 1884.
- How many people are named Elenor?
- 2,268 babies have been named Elenor in the US since 1880. We estimate about 830 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 49.
- Where is Elenor most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elenor was most common in Texas, at 0.0 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.