Elenor
Recorded 1883–2025 · United States
Elenor was most popular in 1921, when 67 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,696 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,410, with 41 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,268 people named Elenor.
Elenor over time
How old is the name Elenor?
Elenor first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1883, which makes it about 142 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 117 of the 143 years since.
How many people are named Elenor?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,268 American births named Elenor between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 803 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Elenor in 2025?
41 American babies were named Elenor in 2025, ranking #6,410 that year.
Is Elenor getting more or less popular?
Elenor is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 31 births a year, against 11 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +172% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Elenor a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Elenor is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,268 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Elenor?
Roughly 803 Americans named Elenor are alive today — 35% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 44 years old, and half are between 7 and 75. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Elenor is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org