Eleanor
#12 for girls in 2025, 7,649 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 7,649 births
- Debut · girls
- 129 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 59 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 336,678since 1880
Eleanor over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12 | 7,649 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #14 | 7,147 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #14 | 6,765 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #16 | 6,927 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #15 | 7,099 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #22 | 6,379 | — | |
| 2019 | #27 | 6,198 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #32 | 5,728 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #36 | 5,549 | — | |
| 2016 | #41 | 5,140 | — | |
| 2015 | #60 | 4,442 | — | |
| 2014 | #78 | 3,740 | — | |
| 2013 | #106 | 3,013 | — | |
| 2012 | #134 | 2,383 | — | |
| 2011 | #150 | 2,085 | — | |
| 2010 | #166 | 1,851 | — | |
| 2009 | #218 | 1,486 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #255 | 1,343 | — | |
| 2007 | #266 | 1,272 | — | |
| 2006 | #269 | 1,221 | — | |
| 2005 | #264 | 1,237 | — | |
| 2004 | #301 | 1,063 | — | |
| 2003 | #308 | 1,007 | — | |
| 2002 | #319 | 961 | — | |
| 2001 | #359 | 826 | — | |
| 2000 | #375 | 771 | — | |
| 1999 | #404 | 688 | — | |
| 1998 | #386 | 720 | — | |
| 1997 | #465 | 537 | — | |
| 1996 | #490 | 487 | — | |
| 1995 | #543 | 437 | — | |
| 1994 | #585 | 390 | — | |
| 1993 | #537 | 445 | — | |
| 1992 | #585 | 395 | — | |
| 1991 | #583 | 394 | — | |
| 1990 | #599 | 378 | — | |
| 1989 | #600 | 357 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #642 | 309 | — | |
| 1987 | #648 | 290 | — | |
| 1986 | #692 | 263 | — | |
| 1985 | #670 | 270 | — | |
| 1984 | #687 | 244 | — | |
| 1983 | #656 | 263 | — | |
| 1982 | #669 | 265 | — | |
| 1981 | #655 | 270 | — | |
| 1980 | #676 | 258 | — | |
| 1979 | #630 | 276 | — | |
| 1978 | #624 | 269 | — | |
| 1977 | #688 | 228 | — | |
| 1976 | #609 | 257 | — | |
| 1975 | #650 | 234 | — | |
| 1974 | #665 | 228 | — | |
| 1973 | #591 | 266 | — | |
| 1972 | #552 | 301 | — | |
| 1971 | #554 | 325 | — | |
| 1970 | #522 | 366 | — | |
| 1969 | #518 | 359 | — | |
| 1968 | #475 | 408 | — | |
| 1967 | #451 | 443 | — | |
| 1966 | #431 | 473 | — | |
| 1965 | #372 | 603 | — | |
| 1964 | #377 | 648 | — | |
| 1963 | #376 | 667 | — | |
| 1962 | #341 | 763 | — | |
| 1961 | #348 | 749 | — | |
| 1960 | #328 | 825 | — | |
| 1959 | #315 | 865 | — | |
| 1958 | #305 | 864 | — | |
| 1957 | #292 | 962 | — | |
| 1956 | #263 | 1,044 | — | |
| 1955 | #257 | 1,043 | — | |
| 1954 | #242 | 1,117 | — | |
| 1953 | #227 | 1,254 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #218 | 1,249 | — | |
| 1951 | #210 | 1,296 | — | |
| 1950 | #199 | 1,371 | — | |
| 1949 | #183 | 1,517 | — | |
| 1948 | #169 | 1,664 | — | |
| 1947 | #158 | 1,853 | — | |
| 1946 | #139 | 1,933 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #130 | 1,876 | — | |
| 1944 | #122 | 2,190 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #107 | 2,729 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #87 | 3,165 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #78 | 3,250 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #68 | 3,584 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | #63 | 3,810 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #60 | 4,049 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #53 | 4,275 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #47 | 4,341 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #48 | 4,166 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #44 | 4,718 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #38 | 5,106 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #45 | 4,836 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #40 | 5,255 | #1,253 | 30 |
| 1930 | #39 | 5,823 | #1,428 | 26 |
| 1929 | #38 | 5,865 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #36 | 6,535 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1927 | #33 | 6,963 | #1,322 | 31 |
| 1926 | #32 | 7,305 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #31 | 7,724 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #29 | 8,193 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #28 | 7,772 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #28 | 7,852 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #29 | 8,054 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #25 | 8,497 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #30 | 7,611 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #26 | 8,176 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #26 | 7,669 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #27 | 7,406 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #28 | 7,036 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #28 | 5,374 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #34 | 3,938 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #39 | 3,120 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #49 | 2,035 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #55 | 1,798 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #57 | 1,460 | — | |
| 1908 | #65 | 1,302 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #67 | 1,155 | — | |
| 1906 | #67 | 1,088 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #73 | 1,041 | — | |
| 1904 | #80 | 868 | — | |
| 1903 | #79 | 840 | — | |
| 1902 | #79 | 837 | — | |
| 1901 | #84 | 686 | — | |
| 1900 | #88 | 753 | — | |
| 1899 | #94 | 575 | — | |
| 1898 | #95 | 620 | — | |
| 1897 | #95 | 559 | — | |
| 1896 | #102 | 493 | — | |
| 1895 | #98 | 544 | — | |
| 1894 | #108 | 450 | — | |
| 1893 | #110 | 397 | — | |
| 1892 | #116 | 389 | — | |
| 1891 | #103 | 376 | — | |
| 1890 | #117 | 351 | — | |
| 1889 | #123 | 312 | — | |
| 1888 | #128 | 288 | — | |
| 1887 | #122 | 247 | — | |
| 1886 | #114 | 271 | — | |
| 1885 | #119 | 222 | — | |
| 1884 | #124 | 198 | — | |
| 1883 | #114 | 185 | — | |
| 1882 | #117 | 174 | — | |
| 1881 | #142 | 110 | — | |
| 1880 | #126 | 129 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Eleanor was already there! It came in at #126, and was given to 129 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 130 girls a year got the name.
See more about Eleanor
- 2 spots since 2024 (#14 → #12)
- 10 spots since 2020 (#22 → #12)
- 48 spots since 2015 (#60 → #12)
- Biggest jump: 79 spots in 1998 (#465 → #386)
- Biggest drop: 79 spots in 1977 (#609 → #688)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #12 (7,649 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 59 yrs · run 1897–1942
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 140 girls born in 1915 were named Eleanor (0.72%)
- Latest: 1 in 210 girls born in 2025 (0.48%)
- Its best rank, #12 in 2025, was only 1 in 210 (0.48%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.2% of all girls named Eleanor (74,760) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #25 (1920) → #692 (1986) → #12 (2025)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,136 | #114 (1886) | #123 |
| 1890s | 4,754 | #94 (1899) | #104 |
| 1900s | 10,030 | #57 (1909) | #74 |
| 1910s | 54,163 | #26 (1918) | #34 |
| 1920s | 74,760 | #25 (1920) | #31 |
| 1930s | 46,379 | #38 (1933) | #48 |
| 1940s | 23,761 | #68 (1940) | #124 |
| 1950s | 11,065 | #199 (1950) | #253 |
| 1960s | 5,938 | #328 (1960) | #402 |
| 1970s | 2,750 | #522 (1970) | #609 |
| 1980s | 2,789 | #600 (1989) | #660 |
| 1990s | 4,871 | #386 (1998) | #518 |
| 2000s | 11,187 | #218 (2009) | #293 |
| 2010s | 40,129 | #27 (2019) | #83 |
| 2020s | 41,966 | #12 (2025) | #16 |
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.
Eleanor in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 297 of them was named Eleanor, which outranked 99.8% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 363,232 of them was named Eleanor, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,962 names at #12,156; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.