Eleanore

#1,396 for girls in 2025, 156 births

Peak · girls
1916 · 724 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,724
since 1880

Eleanore over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Eleanore has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #225, 1916girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,396156
2024#1,509143
2023#1,645126
2022#1,870108
2021#1,98098
2020#1,830107
2019#1,949100
2018#1,915104
2017#1,976100
2016#2,20687
2015#2,12390
2014#2,56069
2013#2,76962
2012#3,71142
2011#3,35048
2010#2,90659
2009#3,12654
2008#3,31650
2007#3,72143
2006#3,79540
2005#3,58741
2004#4,94926
2003#3,41242
2002#4,90624
2001#4,56426
2000#3,33440
1999#3,89530
1998#4,02328
1997#5,01020
1996#4,18425
1995#5,43917
1994#5,01619
1993#3,77628
1992#5,71816
1991#4,65021
1990#7,30311
1989#4,24822
1988#6,66611
1987#4,85716
1986#4,96415
1985#5,34813
1984#6,29110
1983#9,0156
1982#5,91111
1981#4,96314
1980#3,71921
1979#3,66821
1978#4,93113
1977#5,21312
1976#4,90512
1975#4,59313
1974#5,01111
1973#6,6667
1972#3,27619
1971#5,5439
1970#3,11021
1969#3,77414
1968#3,31516
1967#4,05311
1966#4,4939
1965#4,20210
1964#2,82520
1963#2,30627
1962#2,35726
1961#1,92136
1960#2,15029
1959#1,95133
1958#1,98531
1957#1,65242
1956#1,66241
1955#1,69137
1954#1,39252
1953#1,47344
1952#1,31653
1951#1,41544
1950#1,22457
1949#1,10966
1948#1,29850
1947#1,05970
1946#99771
1945#90469
1944#91870
1943#725113
1942#615148
1941#601138
1940#529168
1939#497180
1938#479192
1937#448215
1936#398254
1935#419238
1934#406259
1933#385278
1932#352326
1931#358324
1930#345362
1929#329387
1928#309454
1927#288535
1926#269613
1925#260653
1924#248719
1923#240729
1922#242724
1921#235768
1920#240737
1919#233737
1918#228761
1917#231708
1916#225724
1915#248570
1914#250438
1913#261313
1912#286253
1911#313159
1910#317144
1909#39088
1908#37591
1907#42471
1906#41567
1905#45056
1904#39866
1903#44252
1902#48542
1901#45243
1900#56737
1899#57828
1898#44846
1897#50933
1896#53831
1895#65822
1894#54628
1893#57124
1892#59022
1891#54123
1890#57021
1889#83910
1888#59318
1887#58615
1886#8288
1885#62912
1884#7938
1883#57911
1882#7407
1881#8305
1880#46613
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Eleanore was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Eleanore is popular in 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #351 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,253 girlsMNIllinois: #342 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,837 girlsILWisconsin: #197 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,679 girlsWIMichigan: #244 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,441 girlsMINew York: #291 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,938 girlsNYMassachusetts: #294 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,032 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedINOhio: #399 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,600 girlsOHPennsylvania: #238 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,126 girlsPANew Jersey: #231 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,078 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #534 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,516 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedVAMaryland: #265 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,404 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Eleanore, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#197 · 1 in 1,679
  2. New Jersey#231 · 1 in 2,078
  3. Pennsylvania#238 · 1 in 2,126
  4. Michigan#244 · 1 in 2,441
  5. Maryland#265 · 1 in 2,404

Best ever in a state: #73 in Wisconsin, 1916.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#197141 in 1,679
New Jersey#231121 in 2,078
Pennsylvania#238341 in 2,126
Michigan#244171 in 2,441
Maryland#26551 in 2,404
New York#291291 in 2,938
Massachusetts#29471 in 4,032
Illinois#342141 in 3,837
Minnesota#35151 in 4,253
Ohio#39991 in 5,600
California#53471 in 6,516
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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 Eleanore
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 113 spots since 2024 (#1,509#1,396)
  • 434 spots since 2020 (#1,830#1,396)
  • 727 spots since 2015 (#2,123#1,396)
  • Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1890 (#839#570)
  • Biggest drop: 364 spots in 1881 (#466#830)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1916 at #225 (724 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1946
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,442
  • Highest: 1 in 1,442 girls born in 1916 were named Eleanore (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,303 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.7% of all girls named Eleanore (6,319) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s107#466 (1880)#688
1890s278#448 (1898)#555
1900s613#375 (1908)#440
1910s4,807#225 (1916)#259
1920s6,319#235 (1921)#266
1930s2,628#345 (1930)#409
1940s963#529 (1940)#876
1950s434#1,224 (1950)#1,576
1960s198#1,921 (1961)#3,140
1970s138#3,110 (1970)#4,692
1980s139#3,719 (1980)#5,598
1990s215#3,776 (1993)#4,901
2000s386#3,126 (2009)#3,871
2010s761#1,915 (2018)#2,547
2020s738#1,396 (2025)#1,705

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.

Eleanore in 1939

girls
#497
180 births · 1 in 6,092 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #497Eleanore180
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 6,092 of them was named Eleanore, which outranked 90.0% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Eleanore
  1. #493Roxie183
  2. #495Avis181
  3. #495Katharine181
  4. #497Eleanore180
  5. #497Zelma180
  6. #499Leslie179
  7. #500Aurora178
  8. #500Corine178

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. 880April#1,805#925
  2. 865Karel#1,703#838
  3. 725Hedy#1,650#925
  4. 722Vivien#1,703#981
  5. 709Karon#1,547#838
Fallers
  1. 712Eulalia#972#1,684
  2. 446Shelvia#955#1,401
  3. 358Naoma#992#1,350
  4. 304Imelda#890#1,194
  5. 279Helaine#870#1,149

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1939