Eleonor Girl
How popular is Eleonor?
#2,645 girl name in 2025
65 baby girls were named Eleonor in the US in 2025, making it the 2645th most popular girl name.
Eleonor popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,645 for girls (▲ 531 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 65 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+442% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,926 in 2015, #6,919 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (65 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,896 in 1914 |
| First recorded | 1909 |
| 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 |
Eleonor counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eleonor family of names ranked #1,826 for girls in 2025 (#2,023 the year before), with 78 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eleonor | 65 | 83% |
| Eleonore | 13 | 17% |
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 Eleonor is most popular
Babies named Eleonor per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Eleonor by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 73 | #1,896 |
| 1920s | 120 | #2,283 |
| 1930s | 47 | #3,101 |
| 1940s | 23 | #4,005 |
| 1950s | 11 | #5,413 |
| 1960s | 11 | #6,008 |
| 1970s | 10 | #9,748 |
| 1980s | 25 | #7,467 |
| 1990s | 32 | #9,241 |
| 2000s | 41 | #11,618 |
| 2010s | 158 | #5,003 |
| 2020s | 234 | #2,645 |
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Questions
- Is Eleonor a boy or girl name?
- Eleonor is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eleonor were girls.
- How popular is the name Eleonor?
- 65 baby girls were named Eleonor in the US in 2025, making it the 2645th most popular girl name.
- When was Eleonor most popular?
- Eleonor peaked in 2025, when 65 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,896 in 1914.
- How many people are named Eleonor?
- 790 babies have been named Eleonor in the US since 1880. We estimate about 548 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Eleonor most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eleonor was most common in Texas, at 0.1 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.