Eleanore
#1,396 for girls in 2025, 156 births
- Peak · girls
- 1916 · 724 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,724since 1880
Eleanore over time
Rank among girls' names. Eleanore has never cracked the top 200 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 | #1,396 | 156 |
| 2024 | #1,509 | 143 |
| 2023 | #1,645 | 126 |
| 2022 | #1,870 | 108 |
| 2021 | #1,980 | 98 |
| 2020 | #1,830 | 107 |
| 2019 | #1,949 | 100 |
| 2018 | #1,915 | 104 |
| 2017 | #1,976 | 100 |
| 2016 | #2,206 | 87 |
| 2015 | #2,123 | 90 |
| 2014 | #2,560 | 69 |
| 2013 | #2,769 | 62 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 |
| 2011 | #3,350 | 48 |
| 2010 | #2,906 | 59 |
| 2009 | #3,126 | 54 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 |
| 2000 | #3,334 | 40 |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 |
| 1958 | #1,985 | 31 |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 |
| 1956 | #1,662 | 41 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 |
| 1953 | #1,473 | 44 |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1949 | #1,109 | 66 |
| 1948 | #1,298 | 50 |
| 1947 | #1,059 | 70 |
| 1946 | #997 | 71 |
| 1945 | #904 | 69 |
| 1944 | #918 | 70 |
| 1943 | #725 | 113 |
| 1942 | #615 | 148 |
| 1941 | #601 | 138 |
| 1940 | #529 | 168 |
| 1939 | #497 | 180 |
| 1938 | #479 | 192 |
| 1937 | #448 | 215 |
| 1936 | #398 | 254 |
| 1935 | #419 | 238 |
| 1934 | #406 | 259 |
| 1933 | #385 | 278 |
| 1932 | #352 | 326 |
| 1931 | #358 | 324 |
| 1930 | #345 | 362 |
| 1929 | #329 | 387 |
| 1928 | #309 | 454 |
| 1927 | #288 | 535 |
| 1926 | #269 | 613 |
| 1925 | #260 | 653 |
| 1924 | #248 | 719 |
| 1923 | #240 | 729 |
| 1922 | #242 | 724 |
| 1921 | #235 | 768 |
| 1920 | #240 | 737 |
| 1919 | #233 | 737 |
| 1918 | #228 | 761 |
| 1917 | #231 | 708 |
| 1916 | #225 | 724 |
| 1915 | #248 | 570 |
| 1914 | #250 | 438 |
| 1913 | #261 | 313 |
| 1912 | #286 | 253 |
| 1911 | #313 | 159 |
| 1910 | #317 | 144 |
| 1909 | #390 | 88 |
| 1908 | #375 | 91 |
| 1907 | #424 | 71 |
| 1906 | #415 | 67 |
| 1905 | #450 | 56 |
| 1904 | #398 | 66 |
| 1903 | #442 | 52 |
| 1902 | #485 | 42 |
| 1901 | #452 | 43 |
| 1900 | #567 | 37 |
| 1899 | #578 | 28 |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 |
| 1897 | #509 | 33 |
| 1896 | #538 | 31 |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 |
| 1894 | #546 | 28 |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 |
| 1890 | #570 | 21 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 |
| 1885 | #629 | 12 |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | #466 | 13 |
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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#369 · 1 in 1,285
- Washington#958 · 1 in 4,920
- Tennessee#1,125 · 1 in 6,245
- Illinois#1,309 · 1 in 8,067
- New York#1,534 · 1 in 10,156
Best ever in a state: #73 in Wisconsin, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #369 | 5 | 1 in 1,285 |
| Washington | #958 | 6 | 1 in 4,920 |
| Tennessee | #1,125 | 5 | 1 in 6,245 |
| Illinois | #1,309 | 6 | 1 in 8,067 |
| New York | #1,534 | 8 | 1 in 10,156 |
| California | #2,032 | 10 | 1 in 17,453 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1916 at #225 (724 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1880–1946
- 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%)
- 33.7% of all girls named Eleanore (6,319) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | #466 (1880) | #688 |
| 1890s | 278 | #448 (1898) | #555 |
| 1900s | 613 | #375 (1908) | #440 |
| 1910s | 4,807 | #225 (1916) | #259 |
| 1920s | 6,319 | #235 (1921) | #266 |
| 1930s | 2,628 | #345 (1930) | #409 |
| 1940s | 963 | #529 (1940) | #876 |
| 1950s | 434 | #1,224 (1950) | #1,576 |
| 1960s | 198 | #1,921 (1961) | #3,140 |
| 1970s | 138 | #3,110 (1970) | #4,692 |
| 1980s | 139 | #3,719 (1980) | #5,598 |
| 1990s | 215 | #3,776 (1993) | #4,901 |
| 2000s | 386 | #3,126 (2009) | #3,871 |
| 2010s | 761 | #1,915 (2018) | #2,547 |
| 2020s | 738 | #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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 16,743 of them was named Eleanore, which outranked 88.8% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,971Norma99
- #1,971Sonya99
- #1,971Theia99
- #1,980Eleanore98
- #1,980Amila98
- #1,980Avaleigh98
- #1,980Fatimah98
- #1,991Ainara97
- #1,991Aleigha97
- #1,991Arlo97
Tied with 10 names at #1,980; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.