Elenora

#3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births

Peak · girls
1888 · 26 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,661
since 1880

Elenora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elenora has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #486, 1888girls
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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#3,34246
2024#4,77228
2023#3,58543
2022#4,10835
2021#3,49144
2020#3,91536
2019#3,71840
2018#4,14434
2017#5,04526
2016#4,25034
2015#8,00814
2014#6,20720
2013#8,13514
2012#7,45616
2011#9,15012
2010#9,79011
2009#17,2945
2008—
2007#13,9247
2006#15,1526
2005—
2004—
2003#13,8446
2002—
2001#15,3525
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990#10,1937
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986#10,9125
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982#8,2247
1981—
1980#10,3925
1979#9,0106
1978—
1977#8,4446
1976—
1975#5,51610
1974—
1973—
1972—
1971—
1970#5,4139
1969—
1968#6,2466
1967#4,6259
1966#6,5645
1965#4,4949
1964#4,6369
1963#5,2967
1962#5,8606
1961#3,31815
1960#3,68812
1959#3,43613
1958#3,23214
1957#2,82317
1956#3,04815
1955#3,77810
1954#2,69517
1953#3,10613
1952#2,67116
1951#2,69415
1950#1,91125
1949#2,13421
1948#2,07022
1947#2,35418
1946#1,86024
1945#2,14916
1944#1,60926
1943#1,83422
1942#1,76023
1941#1,44629
1940#1,20337
1939#1,35030
1938#1,03148
1937#1,08543
1936#1,15038
1935#99548
1934#1,20535
1933#1,26232
1932#1,21335
1931#95952
1930#99355
1929#95956
1928#84074
1927#95563
1926#89369
1925#77990
1924#80486
1923#85274
1922#723101
1921#732101
1920#687112
1919#76584
1918#75589
1917#627119
1916#70096
1915#71388
1914#68772
1913#65962
1912#73546
1911#85325
1910#73733
1909#71931
1908#57442
1907#58839
1906#66130
1905#55639
1904#72723
1903#62828
1902#54535
1901#55930
1900#57636
1899#49835
1898#58630
1897#53031
1896#61026
1895#60725
1894#60923
1893#59423
1892#61621
1891#69515
1890#59919
1889#64116
1888#48626
1887#53717
1886#50819
1885#69510
1884#9306
1883#6928
1882—
1881#7406
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elenora was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Elenora is popular in 1928

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #591 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,591 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #328 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,162 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Elenora, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#328 · 1 in 2,162
  2. Pennsylvania#591 · 1 in 14,591

Best ever in a state: #175 in Maryland, 1922.

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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 Elenora
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,430 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #3,342)
  • 573 spots since 2020 (#3,915 → #3,342)
  • 4,666 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #3,342)
  • Biggest jump: 235 spots in 1885 (#930 → #695)
  • Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1932 (#959 → #1,213)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #486 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 65 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1883–1931
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,658
  • Highest: 1 in 6,658 girls born in 1899 were named Elenora (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #486 in 1888, was only 1 in 6,870 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.6% of all girls named Elenora (826) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s116#486 (1888)#651
1890s248#498 (1899)#594
1900s333#545 (1902)#613
1910s714#627 (1917)#723
1920s826#687 (1920)#822
1930s416#959 (1931)#1,124
1940s238#1,203 (1940)#1,842
1950s155#1,911 (1950)#2,939
1960s78#3,318 (1961)#4,970
1970s31#5,413 (1970)#7,096
1980s17#8,224 (1982)#9,843
1990s7#10,193 (1990)#10,193
2000s29#13,844 (2003)#15,113
2010s221#3,718 (2019)#6,590
2020s232#3,342 (2025)#3,869

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.

Elenora in 1928

girls
#840
74 births · 1 in 15,585 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #840Elenora74
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 15,585 of them was named Elenora, which outranked 84.6% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elenora
  1. #831Susanne75
  2. #831Tomasa75
  3. #831Winnifred75
  4. #840Elenora74
  5. #840Alvera74
  6. #840Josefa74
  7. #840Ossie74
  8. #845Amparo73
  9. #845Bella73
  10. #845Estela73

Tied with 4 names at #840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →