Eldora
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,065since 1880
Eldora over time
Rank among girls' names. Eldora has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
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| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 |
| 1944 | #1,175 | 45 |
| 1943 | #1,169 | 48 |
| 1942 | #1,065 | 54 |
| 1941 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1940 | #957 | 56 |
| 1939 | #918 | 59 |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 |
| 1937 | #1,018 | 48 |
| 1936 | #795 | 72 |
| 1935 | #896 | 59 |
| 1934 | #848 | 65 |
| 1933 | #790 | 70 |
| 1932 | #639 | 109 |
| 1931 | #697 | 92 |
| 1930 | #867 | 68 |
| 1929 | #779 | 80 |
| 1928 | #648 | 117 |
| 1927 | #584 | 147 |
| 1926 | #647 | 124 |
| 1925 | #656 | 126 |
| 1924 | #598 | 154 |
| 1923 | #574 | 156 |
| 1922 | #678 | 115 |
| 1921 | #599 | 146 |
| 1920 | #646 | 124 |
| 1919 | #616 | 129 |
| 1918 | #632 | 125 |
| 1917 | #713 | 94 |
| 1916 | #577 | 135 |
| 1915 | #669 | 96 |
| 1914 | #613 | 87 |
| 1913 | #712 | 53 |
| 1912 | #689 | 53 |
| 1911 | #722 | 36 |
| 1910 | #644 | 43 |
| 1909 | #731 | 30 |
| 1908 | #709 | 30 |
| 1907 | #739 | 26 |
| 1906 | #642 | 31 |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 |
| 1904 | #629 | 30 |
| 1903 | #680 | 24 |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 |
| 1896 | #999 | 11 |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | #658 | 11 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Eldora was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Eldora is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#164 · 1 in 852
- Minnesota#258 · 1 in 2,380
- Wisconsin#262 · 1 in 2,363
- California#310 · 1 in 2,540
- Iowa#317 · 1 in 3,262
Best ever in a state: #129 in New Hampshire, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #164 | 8 | 1 in 852 |
| Minnesota | #258 | 10 | 1 in 2,380 |
| Wisconsin | #262 | 11 | 1 in 2,363 |
| California | #310 | 12 | 1 in 2,540 |
| Iowa | #317 | 7 | 1 in 3,262 |
| Michigan | #345 | 9 | 1 in 4,370 |
| Louisiana | #383 | 8 | 1 in 2,930 |
| Georgia | #420 | 8 | 1 in 4,567 |
| Mississippi | #466 | 5 | 1 in 4,304 |
| Ohio | #511 | 6 | 1 in 9,489 |
| Alabama | #520 | 5 | 1 in 6,143 |
| Illinois | #579 | 6 | 1 in 10,186 |
| Texas | #784 | 7 | 1 in 8,411 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Eldora
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 385 spots in 1899 (#1,263 → #878)
- Biggest drop: 502 spots in 1898 (#761 → #1,263)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #518 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1899–1936
- Highest: 1 in 7,733 girls born in 1923 were named Eldora (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 269,425 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #518 in 1880, was only 1 in 8,272 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.7% of all girls named Eldora (1,289) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 82 | #518 (1880) | #746 |
| 1890s | 140 | #589 (1891) | #858 |
| 1900s | 261 | #629 (1904) | #706 |
| 1910s | 851 | #577 (1916) | #659 |
| 1920s | 1,289 | #574 (1923) | #641 |
| 1930s | 706 | #639 (1932) | #834 |
| 1940s | 384 | #957 (1940) | #1,411 |
| 1950s | 189 | #1,934 (1952) | #2,620 |
| 1960s | 105 | #3,189 (1961) | #4,566 |
| 1970s | 42 | #4,123 (1971) | #6,759 |
| 1980s | 5 | #12,362 (1989) | #12,362 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,215 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,453 (2020) | #13,453 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Eldora in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
girls
1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 8,446 of them was named Eldora, which outranked 89.8% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).