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
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 60 births
- Debut · girls
- 42 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,363since 1880
Elnora over time
Rank among girls' names. Elnora 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | — | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,821 | 41 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,463 | 57 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,482 | 58 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,392 | 64 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,126 | 93 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,155 | 91 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,081 | 99 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,047 | 104 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,041 | 101 | — | |
| 1957 | #942 | 119 | — | |
| 1956 | #956 | 111 | — | |
| 1955 | #906 | 117 | — | |
| 1954 | #782 | 143 | — | |
| 1953 | #730 | 155 | — | |
| 1952 | #710 | 157 | — | |
| 1951 | #712 | 150 | — | |
| 1950 | #630 | 182 | — | |
| 1949 | #585 | 200 | — | |
| 1948 | #569 | 214 | — | |
| 1947 | #596 | 205 | — | |
| 1946 | #570 | 196 | — | |
| 1945 | #499 | 214 | — | |
| 1944 | #502 | 205 | — | |
| 1943 | #470 | 244 | — | |
| 1942 | #450 | 267 | — | |
| 1941 | #433 | 249 | — | |
| 1940 | #415 | 275 | — | |
| 1939 | #386 | 293 | — | |
| 1938 | #372 | 312 | — | |
| 1937 | #361 | 320 | — | |
| 1936 | #361 | 306 | — | |
| 1935 | #327 | 371 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #352 | 320 | — | |
| 1933 | #345 | 327 | — | |
| 1932 | #321 | 398 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #347 | 339 | — | |
| 1930 | #334 | 376 | — | |
| 1929 | #320 | 415 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #310 | 452 | — | |
| 1927 | #306 | 480 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #302 | 487 | — | |
| 1925 | #286 | 545 | — | |
| 1924 | #259 | 639 | — | |
| 1923 | #267 | 580 | — | |
| 1922 | #266 | 584 | — | |
| 1921 | #268 | 616 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #265 | 607 | — | |
| 1919 | #265 | 576 | — | |
| 1918 | #262 | 579 | — | |
| 1917 | #261 | 570 | — | |
| 1916 | #259 | 550 | — | |
| 1915 | #273 | 467 | — | |
| 1914 | #252 | 426 | — | |
| 1913 | #250 | 353 | — | |
| 1912 | #251 | 315 | — | |
| 1911 | #270 | 202 | — | |
| 1910 | #248 | 241 | — | |
| 1909 | #243 | 211 | — | |
| 1908 | #271 | 170 | — | |
| 1907 | #270 | 163 | — | |
| 1906 | #252 | 168 | — | |
| 1905 | #227 | 189 | — | |
| 1904 | #252 | 155 | — | |
| 1903 | #267 | 132 | — | |
| 1902 | #239 | 162 | — | |
| 1901 | #277 | 116 | — | |
| 1900 | #235 | 182 | — | |
| 1899 | #275 | 109 | — | |
| 1898 | #303 | 105 | — | |
| 1897 | #312 | 86 | — | |
| 1896 | #283 | 106 | — | |
| 1895 | #294 | 94 | — | |
| 1894 | #301 | 83 | — | |
| 1893 | #307 | 79 | — | |
| 1892 | #266 | 98 | — | |
| 1891 | #282 | 78 | — | |
| 1890 | #286 | 76 | — | |
| 1889 | #271 | 77 | — | |
| 1888 | #254 | 82 | — | |
| 1887 | #249 | 71 | — | |
| 1886 | #311 | 45 | — | |
| 1885 | #266 | 55 | — | |
| 1884 | #238 | 64 | — | |
| 1883 | #291 | 36 | — | |
| 1882 | #221 | 60 | — | |
| 1881 | #227 | 47 | — | |
| 1880 | #238 | 42 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #221 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 91 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
- 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
- 25.3% of all girls named Elnora (5,405) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 579 | #221 (1882) | #257 |
| 1890s | 914 | #266 (1892) | #291 |
| 1900s | 1,648 | #227 (1905) | #253 |
| 1910s | 4,279 | #248 (1910) | #259 |
| 1920s | 5,405 | #259 (1924) | #285 |
| 1930s | 3,362 | #321 (1932) | #351 |
| 1940s | 2,269 | #415 (1940) | #509 |
| 1950s | 1,339 | #630 (1950) | #846 |
| 1960s | 646 | #1,081 (1960) | #1,487 |
| 1970s | 262 | #2,017 (1970) | #3,040 |
| 1980s | 182 | #3,147 (1981) | #4,519 |
| 1990s | 97 | #5,949 (1991) | #8,994 |
| 2000s | 84 | #8,716 (2004) | #11,718 |
| 2010s | 163 | #4,695 (2017) | #7,744 |
| 2020s | 134 | #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 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 2,826 of them was named Elnora, which outranked 93.3% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 208,270 of them was named Elnora, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 501 names at #3,645; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.