Elnora

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,645
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 60 births
Debut · girls
42 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,363
since 1880

Elnora over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #221, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617
2024#5,44323
2023#4,19134
2022#5,17225
2021#5,74821
2020#7,55914
2019#6,17619
2018#10,5459
2017#4,69529
2016#6,18620
2015#6,23620
2014#8,05314
2013#9,61211
2012#6,87218
2011#8,61413
2010#10,45110
2009#10,67910
2008#11,5999
2007#10,81810
2006#10,61110
2005#13,0107
2004#8,71612
2003#12,4087
2002#12,1877
2001#15,3525
2000#11,8017
1999#11,3857
1998#10,1228
1997#13,7245
1996#8,8129
1995#10,5147
1994#7,09712
1993#8,7199
1992#6,31414
1991#5,94915
1990#7,30311
1989#7,44910
1988#4,17221
1987#4,66017
1986#4,72416
1985#5,07714
1984#4,47816
1983#3,94919
1982#4,02519
1981#3,14727
1980#3,50623
1979#3,44223
1978#4,24216
1977#4,42515
1976#3,67818
1975#2,45632
1974#2,75726
1973#2,83024
1972#2,17335
1971#2,37532
1970#2,01741
1969#2,25432
1968#1,74945
1967#1,82141
1966#1,46357
1965#1,35066
1964#1,48258
1963#1,39264
1962#1,12693
1961#1,15591
1960#1,08199
1959#1,047104
1958#1,041101
1957#942119
1956#956111
1955#906117
1954#782143
1953#730155
1952#710157
1951#712150
1950#630182
1949#585200
1948#569214
1947#596205
1946#570196
1945#499214
1944#502205
1943#470244
1942#450267
1941#433249
1940#415275
1939#386293
1938#372312
1937#361320
1936#361306
1935#327371#3,6455
1934#352320
1933#345327
1932#321398#3,7765
1931#347339
1930#334376
1929#320415#3,9595
1928#310452
1927#306480#4,2105
1926#302487
1925#286545
1924#259639
1923#267580
1922#266584
1921#268616#3,5177
1920#265607
1919#265576
1918#262579
1917#261570
1916#259550
1915#273467
1914#252426
1913#250353
1912#251315
1911#270202
1910#248241
1909#243211
1908#271170
1907#270163
1906#252168
1905#227189
1904#252155
1903#267132
1902#239162
1901#277116
1900#235182
1899#275109
1898#303105
1897#31286
1896#283106
1895#29494
1894#30183
1893#30779
1892#26698
1891#28278
1890#28676
1889#27177
1888#25482
1887#24971
1886#31145
1885#26655
1884#23864
1883#29136
1882#22160
1881#22747
1880#23842
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elnora was already there! It came in at #238, and was given to 42 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elnora
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,103 spots since 2024 (#5,443#6,546)
  • 1,013 spots since 2020 (#7,559#6,546)
  • 310 spots since 2015 (#6,236#6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 62 spots in 1887 (#311#249)
  • Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1955 (#782#906)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #221 (60 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 91 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,543
  • Highest: 1 in 1,543 girls born in 1905 were named Elnora (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #221 in 1882, was only 1 in 1,797 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Elnora (5,405) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s579#221 (1882)#257
1890s914#266 (1892)#291
1900s1,648#227 (1905)#253
1910s4,279#248 (1910)#259
1920s5,405#259 (1924)#285
1930s3,362#321 (1932)#351
1940s2,269#415 (1940)#509
1950s1,339#630 (1950)#846
1960s646#1,081 (1960)#1,487
1970s262#2,017 (1970)#3,040
1980s182#3,147 (1981)#4,519
1990s97#5,949 (1991)#8,994
2000s84#8,716 (2004)#11,718
2010s163#4,695 (2017)#7,744
2020s134#4,191 (2023)#5,777

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.

Elnora in 1880

girls
#238
42 births · 1 in 2,167 girls

Top girls' names in 1880

  1. #1Mary7,065
  2. #2Anna2,604
  3. #3Emma2,003
  4. #4Elizabeth1,939
  5. #5Minnie1,746
  6. #6Margaret1,578
  7. #7Ida1,472
  8. #8Alice1,414
  9. #9Bertha1,320
  10. #10Sarah1,288
  11. #238Elnora42
More about 1880

girls

90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 2,167 of them was named Elnora, which outranked 74.7% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elnora
  1. #233Olivia44
  2. #233Ophelia44
  3. #237Georgie43
  4. #238Elnora42
  5. #238Violet42
  6. #240Adele41
  7. #240Lily41
  8. #240Linnie41

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

See the top 100 for 1880