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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Elnora has never cracked the top 200 here.
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
| 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 | — | |
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
| 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 1955
girls
#906
117 births · 1 in 16,712 girls
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 16,712 of them was named Elnora, which outranked 86.5% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).