Elinor

#1,500 for girls in 2025, 142 births

Peak · girls
#252
1916 · 580 births
Debut · girls
1880
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,640
since 1880

Elinor over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #252, 1916girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,500142
2024#1,492146
2023#1,373164
2022#1,336176
2021#1,312172
2020#1,485144
2019#1,383162
2018#1,406159
2017#1,392165
2016#1,371171
2015#1,409165
2014#1,519144
2013#1,725120
2012#1,612134
2011#1,98299
2010#1,913105
2009#2,10296
2008#2,032102
2007#2,31183
2006#2,45975
2005#2,60765
2004#2,39671
2003#2,52264
2002#2,28871
2001#2,63557
2000#2,90349
1999#2,25866
1998#2,53054
1997#2,62248
1996#2,76044
1995#2,39454
1994#3,89227
1993#3,42232
1992#3,86627
1991#3,44331
1990#4,38022
1989#3,25332
1988#3,80524
1987#3,62424
1986#3,36026
1985#4,45517
1984#3,06928
1983#4,88414
1982#4,16718
1981#3,06628
1980#3,71921
1979#3,33324
1978#2,85928
1977#3,48621
1976#5,21511
1975#3,63718
1974#3,00823
1973#5,5809
1972#2,39830
1971#2,66527
1970#2,70526
1969#2,25432
1968#2,43126
1967#2,37626
1966#2,09431
1965#1,80140
1964#1,83641
1963#1,64948
1962#1,62748
1961#1,48157
1960#1,33868
1959#1,47853
1958#1,43555
1957#1,31665
1956#1,16080
1955#1,07189
1954#1,13476
1953#944100
1952#831121
1951#856110
1950#97187
1949#772125
1948#747129
1947#747131
1946#632155
1945#673121
1944#576162
1943#524204
1942#458262
1941#430255
1940#407285
1939#413267
1938#384301
1937#373298
1936#339340
1935#336354
1934#310409
1933#287441
1932#326378
1931#288465
1930#296509
1929#281527
1928#287523
1927#269604
1926#271607
1925#287542
1924#268595
1923#273556
1922#277539
1921#269612
1920#257656
1919#263589
1918#265571
1917#265548
1916#252580
1915#259508
1914#275358
1913#281279
1912#275268
1911#295176
1910#343133
1909#336116
1908#37591
1907#354100
1906#41169
1905#43061
1904#45052
1903#50440
1902#55934
1901#46741
1900#46852
1899#59327
1898#49139
1897#49734
1896#50434
1895#62224
1894#55727
1893#45534
1892#76215
1891#58920
1890#54823
1889#51624
1888#54821
1887#69311
1886#55616
1885#50018
1884#58313
1883#7547
1882#59610
1881#6238
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elinor was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elinor
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 8 spots since 2024 (#1,492 → #1,500)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#1,485 → #1,500)
  • 91 spots since 2015 (#1,409 → #1,500)
  • Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1893 (#762 → #455)
  • Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1950 (#772 → #971)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1916 at #252 (580 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1880–1953
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,801
  • Highest: 1 in 1,801 girls born in 1916 were named Elinor (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,319 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.6% of all girls named Elinor (5,761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s137#500 (1885)#595
1890s277#455 (1893)#562
1900s656#336 (1909)#435
1910s4,010#252 (1916)#277
1920s5,761#257 (1920)#274
1930s3,762#287 (1933)#335
1940s1,829#407 (1940)#597
1950s836#831 (1952)#1,120
1960s417#1,338 (1960)#1,889
1970s217#2,398 (1972)#3,489
1980s232#3,066 (1981)#3,740
1990s405#2,258 (1999)#3,157
2000s733#2,032 (2008)#2,426
2010s1,424#1,371 (2016)#1,571
2020s944#1,312 (2021)#1,416

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.

Elinor in 1960

girls
#1,338
68 births · 1 in 29,734 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #1,338Elinor68
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 29,734 of them was named Elinor, which outranked 81.8% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elinor
  1. #1,328Kellee69
  2. #1,328Nancie69
  3. #1,328Sofia69
  4. #1,338Elinor68
  5. #1,338Andria68
  6. #1,338Awilda68
  7. #1,338Evangelina68
  8. #1,350Chantay67
  9. #1,350Coreen67
  10. #1,350Sharen67

Tied with 11 names at #1,338; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1960 →