Elenore
Elenore was the 6918th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1924, when it ranked 824th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,208 places. More babies were named Elenore in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,918 girls, down 509 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192482 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,806babies recorded
Elenore popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,918 | 16 |
| 2020 | #6,409 | 18 |
| 2010 | #9,396 | 12 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #3,283 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,795 | 10 |
| 1930 | #1,296 | 34 |
| 1920 | #992 | 55 |
| 1910 | #1,666 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,784 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Elenore, counting every spelling?
Elenore is a spelling of Elinor, a name family that ranked #1,101 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #6,918 for Elenore on its own. Together these spellings went to 203 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elinor | 142 | #1,502 | 800 |
| Ellinor | 28 | #4,800 | 162 |
| Elenore | 16 | #6,918 | 101 |
| Ellinore | 6 | #13,704 | 42 |
| Elynor | 11 | #9,032 | 32 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Elenore?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Elenore (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Elenore born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Elenore.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Elenore?
About 500 people born in the US named Elenore are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 7 and 69. That makes Elenore mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Elenore: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Elenore, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Elenore
How popular is the name Elenore?
Elenore was the 6918th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1924, when it ranked 824th with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,208 places. More babies were named Elenore in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Elenore a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Elenore in the US.