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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #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.

Where Elnora is popular in 1945

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedIAIndiana: #424 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,910 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #694 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,439 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedWVVirginia: #236 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,593 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedKSArkansas: #353 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,052 girlsARTennessee: #446 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,968 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #348 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,381 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #273 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,795 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #242 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,222 girlsLAMississippi: #151 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 630 girlsMSAlabama: #258 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,838 girlsALGeorgia: #336 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,865 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elnora, so not publishedHITexas: #505 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,513 girlsTXFlorida: #400 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,742 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#151 · 1 in 630
  2. Virginia#236 · 1 in 1,593
  3. Louisiana#242 · 1 in 1,222
  4. Alabama#258 · 1 in 1,838
  5. South Carolina#273 · 1 in 1,795

Best ever in a state: #89 in Louisiana, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#151371 in 630
Virginia#236181 in 1,593
Louisiana#242211 in 1,222
Alabama#258171 in 1,838
South Carolina#273131 in 1,795
Georgia#336121 in 2,865
North Carolina#348121 in 3,381
Arkansas#35361 in 3,052
Florida#40061 in 3,742
Indiana#42451 in 5,910
Tennessee#44651 in 5,968
Texas#505161 in 4,513
California#69481 in 10,439
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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 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 1945

girls
#499
214 births · 1 in 6,108 girls

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #499Elnora214
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 6,108 of them was named Elnora, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elnora
  1. #496Alta215
  2. #496Hope215
  3. #496Mollie215
  4. #499Elnora214
  5. #499Merry214
  6. #501Angie213
  7. #501Aurora213
  8. #501Kristine213

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

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 799Lauren#1,153#354
  2. 707Amber#1,661#954
  3. 648Laureen#1,315#667
  4. 630Deidre#1,609#979
  5. 623Candice#1,364#741
Fallers
  1. 395Bernardine#937#1,332
  2. 386Joella#988#1,374
  3. 342Venita#937#1,279
  4. 275Magdalene#867#1,142
  5. 249Alpha#964#1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1945