Elenore

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births

Peak · girls
1924 · 82 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,806
since 1887

Elenore over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elenore has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #822, 1924girls
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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#6,83816
2024#6,16719
2023#6,92216
2022#5,63822
2021#4,71928
2020#6,32518
2019#5,79821
2018#5,31524
2017#6,04420
2016#5,79622
2015#5,65323
2014#6,20720
2013#9,03612
2012#7,14417
2011#6,56419
2010#9,23112
2009#10,67910
2008
2007#11,6309
2006#11,4179
2005#10,12810
2004#11,6248
2003#13,8446
2002
2001
2000
1999#12,6886
1998
1997#13,7245
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991#13,1475
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978#8,5626
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965#4,4949
1964
1963
1962
1961#5,8516
1960
1959
1958#4,1939
1957#5,3776
1956
1955#4,3768
1954#3,9679
1953#4,5957
1952
1951#4,3857
1950#3,23511
1949#4,6736
1948#5,2435
1947#5,2955
1946#3,9947
1945#2,91610
1944#4,0546
1943#2,55813
1942#2,98610
1941#2,19015
1940#2,73710
1939#1,63822
1938#2,22514
1937#1,41627
1936#2,03215
1935#1,72020
1934#1,69720
1933#1,55223
1932#1,19236
1931#1,28732
1930#1,28934
1929#1,25735
1928#1,11546
1927#1,16144
1926#1,09647
1925#93264
1924#82282
1923#1,05452
1922#1,12446
1921#95560
1920#98955
1919#1,04248
1918#99952
1917#91657
1916#1,12739
1915#87456
1914#95638
1913#96131
1912#1,35216
1911#1,03118
1910#1,6349
1909#1,9576
1908#1,20312
1907#1,8216
1906#1,00214
1905#1,16211
1904#1,3648
1903
1902
1901#1,6795
1900#1,7236
1899#1,3946
1898#1,5026
1897
1896#1,04710
1895#1,2997
1894#1,3536
1893
1892#1,2786
1891#1,2136
1890
1889
1888#1,1366
1887#1,1475
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Elenore! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Elenore is popular in 1918

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedMNIllinois: #639 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,398 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedMINew York: #696 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,232 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Elenore, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#639 · 1 in 12,398
  2. New York#696 · 1 in 20,232

Best ever in a state: #289 in Massachusetts, 1924.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Illinois#63951 in 12,398
New York#69651 in 20,232
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Wyoming

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 Elenore
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 671 spots since 2024 (#6,167#6,838)
  • 513 spots since 2020 (#6,325#6,838)
  • 1,185 spots since 2015 (#5,653#6,838)
  • Biggest jump: 391 spots in 1913 (#1,352#961)
  • Biggest drop: 253 spots in 1916 (#874#1,127)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1924 at #822 (82 births)
  • Births halved by 1929, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1913–1915
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,230
  • Highest: 1 in 15,230 girls born in 1924 were named Elenore (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.4% of all girls named Elenore (531) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#1,136 (1888)#1,142
1890s47#1,047 (1896)#1,298
1900s68#1,002 (1906)#1,489
1910s364#874 (1915)#1,089
1920s531#822 (1924)#1,051
1930s243#1,192 (1932)#1,605
1940s87#2,190 (1941)#3,665
1950s57#3,235 (1950)#4,304
1960s15#4,494 (1965)#5,173
1970s6#8,562 (1978)#8,562
1980s0
1990s16#12,688 (1999)#13,186
2000s52#10,128 (2005)#11,554
2010s190#5,315 (2018)#6,679
2020s119#4,719 (2021)#6,102

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.

Elenore in 1918

girls
#999
52 births · 1 in 22,262 girls

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #999Elenore52
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 22,262 of them was named Elenore, which outranked 82.1% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elenore
  1. #989Tena53
  2. #989Wynona53
  3. #989Zena53
  4. #999Elenore52
  5. #999Almeta52
  6. #999Ara52
  7. #999Blossom52
  8. #1,005Angelita51
  9. #1,005Atha51
  10. #1,005Carl51

Tied with 5 names at #999; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

See the top 100 for 1918