Meaning not yet researched.
Eleanor: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 7,649 in 2025. Its best rank was #12 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99.9% of babies named Eleanor in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#12 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Eleanor: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 7,649 girls in 2025. Peak: #12 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 8,497 (1920).
In 2025, 7,649 US girls were named Eleanor, making it the 12th most common girls’ name of the year, up 2 places from #14 in 2024. That is 502 more than the 7,147 girls named Eleanor in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #12, reached in this year, 2025. The most girls given the name in a single year was 8,497, in 1920. For comparison, it was #60 in 2015 and #199 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Eleanor in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 129 babies with the name. In all, 337,323 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 74,964 babies named Eleanor.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 64,581 US girls were named Eleanor; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 7,649. In 2025 that was about 1 in 210 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Eleanor ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #2 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Eleonora (1,651 babies since 1880), Elinor (21,640 babies since 1880), Eleanore (18,724 babies since 1880) and Elenor (2,268 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Eleonore, Eleonor and Ellanor are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Elaine, Ellen, Ellie, Lanna, Lenora and Nelly.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Eleonore (1,088), Eleonor (790), Ellanor (756), Elleanor (719), Ellenor (701), Ellinor (690), Elynor (502), Ellanore (349), Elanore (193), Eleaner (154), Elener (106), Ellynor (28), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 195 | #2 | #24 |
| Indiana | 265 | #3 | #33 |
| Maine | 45 | #3 | #28 |
| Vermont | 26 | #3 | #17 |
| Missouri | 248 | #4 | #37 |
| Michigan | 294 | #4 | #48 |
| Minnesota | 194 | #4 | #20 |
| Arkansas | 95 | #5 | #78 |
| Iowa | 109 | #5 | #32 |
| Kansas | 118 | #5 | #24 |
| Nebraska | 74 | #6 | #36 |
| Tennessee | 242 | #6 | #48 |
| South Dakota | 32 | #6 | #97 |
| District of Columbia | 30 | #6 | #11 |
| Ohio | 376 | #6 | #35 |
| Wyoming | 14 | #7 | #24 |
| Virginia | 245 | #8 | #37 |
| Louisiana | 112 | #8 | #82 |
| Utah | 138 | #8 | #28 |
| Washington | 213 | #8 | #37 |
| South Carolina | 143 | #8 | #62 |
| Alaska | 23 | #9 | #47 |
| Alabama | 143 | #9 | #79 |
| Kentucky | 149 | #9 | #55 |
| Oklahoma | 101 | #10 | #53 |
| Colorado | 161 | #10 | #43 |
| New Hampshire | 49 | #10 | #48 |
| North Carolina | 315 | #10 | #42 |
| West Virginia | 51 | #11 | #198 |
| Oregon | 93 | #11 | #46 |
| Illinois | 268 | #13 | #45 |
| Georgia | 248 | #13 | #91 |
| Massachusetts | 169 | #14 | #30 |
| Idaho | 52 | #15 | #42 |
| Connecticut | 81 | #15 | #46 |
| Maryland | 120 | #16 | #64 |
| Pennsylvania | 247 | #17 | #84 |
| North Dakota | 23 | #18 | #101 |
| Montana | 26 | #18 | #28 |
| Nevada | 55 | #19 | #171 |
| Mississippi | 45 | #26 | #167 |
| Rhode Island | 20 | #26 | #126 |
| Texas | 604 | #30 | #83 |
| New York | 302 | #34 | #84 |
| Florida | 323 | #35 | #156 |
| Delaware | 14 | #36 | #156 |
| Arizona | 115 | #37 | #117 |
| New Mexico | 23 | #43 | #94 |
| California | 513 | #47 | #100 |
| Hawaii | 11 | #58 | #57 |
| New Jersey | 97 | #74 | #123 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,649 | #12 | 5 | #12,559 |
| 2024 | 7,147 | #14 | 10 | #7,924 |
| 2023 | 6,765 | #14 | 6 | #11,224 |
| 2022 | 6,927 | #16 | 6 | #11,258 |
| 2021 | 7,099 | #15 | 5 | #12,677 |
| 2020 | 6,379 | #22 | — | — |
| 2019 | 6,198 | #27 | 7 | #10,036 |
| 2018 | 5,728 | #32 | 5 | #12,702 |
| 2017 | 5,549 | #36 | — | — |
| 2016 | 5,140 | #41 | — | — |
| 2015 | 4,442 | #60 | — | — |
| 2014 | 3,740 | #78 | — | — |
| 2013 | 3,013 | #106 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,383 | #134 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2,085 | #150 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,851 | #166 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,486 | #218 | 5 | #13,026 |
| 2008 | 1,343 | #255 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,272 | #266 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,221 | #270 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,237 | #264 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,063 | #301 | — | — |
| 2003 | 1,007 | #308 | — | — |
| 2002 | 961 | #319 | — | — |
| 2001 | 826 | #359 | — | — |
| 2000 | 771 | #375 | — | — |
| 1999 | 688 | #404 | — | — |
| 1998 | 720 | #386 | — | — |
| 1997 | 537 | #465 | — | — |
| 1996 | 487 | #490 | — | — |
| 1995 | 437 | #544 | — | — |
| 1994 | 390 | #585 | — | — |
| 1993 | 445 | #537 | — | — |
| 1992 | 395 | #585 | — | — |
| 1991 | 394 | #583 | — | — |
| 1990 | 378 | #599 | — | — |
| 1989 | 357 | #600 | 7 | #6,418 |
| 1988 | 309 | #642 | — | — |
| 1987 | 290 | #649 | — | — |
| 1986 | 263 | #693 | — | — |
| 1985 | 270 | #670 | — | — |
| 1984 | 244 | #687 | — | — |
| 1983 | 263 | #656 | — | — |
| 1982 | 265 | #671 | — | — |
| 1981 | 270 | #657 | — | — |
| 1980 | 258 | #677 | — | — |
| 1979 | 276 | #630 | — | — |
| 1978 | 269 | #624 | — | — |
| 1977 | 228 | #689 | — | — |
| 1976 | 257 | #609 | — | — |
| 1975 | 234 | #650 | — | — |
| 1974 | 228 | #665 | — | — |
| 1973 | 266 | #591 | — | — |
| 1972 | 301 | #554 | — | — |
| 1971 | 325 | #554 | — | — |
| 1970 | 366 | #522 | — | — |
| 1969 | 359 | #518 | — | — |
| 1968 | 408 | #475 | — | — |
| 1967 | 443 | #451 | — | — |
| 1966 | 473 | #431 | — | — |
| 1965 | 603 | #372 | — | — |
| 1964 | 648 | #377 | — | — |
| 1963 | 667 | #376 | — | — |
| 1962 | 763 | #341 | — | — |
| 1961 | 749 | #348 | — | — |
| 1960 | 825 | #328 | — | — |
| 1959 | 865 | #315 | — | — |
| 1958 | 864 | #305 | — | — |
| 1957 | 962 | #292 | — | — |
| 1956 | 1,044 | #263 | — | — |
| 1955 | 1,043 | #257 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1,117 | #242 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,254 | #227 | 7 | #3,212 |
| 1952 | 1,249 | #219 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,296 | #210 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,371 | #199 | — | — |
| 1949 | 1,517 | #183 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1,664 | #169 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1,853 | #158 | — | — |
| 1946 | 1,933 | #139 | 6 | #3,276 |
| 1945 | 1,876 | #130 | — | — |
| 1944 | 2,190 | #122 | 11 | #2,230 |
| 1943 | 2,729 | #107 | 9 | #2,608 |
| 1942 | 3,165 | #87 | 11 | #2,299 |
| 1941 | 3,250 | #78 | 17 | #1,709 |
| 1940 | 3,584 | #68 | 22 | #1,443 |
| 1939 | 3,810 | #63 | 17 | #1,660 |
| 1938 | 4,049 | #60 | 21 | #1,493 |
| 1937 | 4,275 | #53 | 16 | #1,777 |
| 1936 | 4,341 | #47 | 22 | #1,431 |
| 1935 | 4,166 | #48 | 21 | #1,505 |
| 1934 | 4,718 | #44 | 13 | #2,048 |
| 1933 | 5,106 | #38 | 12 | #2,128 |
| 1932 | 4,836 | #45 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1931 | 5,255 | #40 | 30 | #1,261 |
| 1930 | 5,823 | #39 | 26 | #1,439 |
| 1929 | 5,865 | #38 | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1928 | 6,535 | #36 | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1927 | 6,963 | #33 | 31 | #1,327 |
| 1926 | 7,305 | #32 | 19 | #1,811 |
| 1925 | 7,724 | #31 | 19 | #1,825 |
| 1924 | 8,193 | #29 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1923 | 7,772 | #28 | 16 | #2,047 |
| 1922 | 7,852 | #28 | 22 | #1,665 |
| 1921 | 8,054 | #29 | 14 | #2,283 |
| 1920 | 8,497 | #25 | 10 | #2,824 |
| 1919 | 7,611 | #30 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1918 | 8,176 | #26 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1917 | 7,669 | #26 | 13 | #2,208 |
| 1916 | 7,406 | #27 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 1915 | 7,036 | #28 | 15 | #1,900 |
| 1914 | 5,374 | #28 | 12 | #1,899 |
| 1913 | 3,938 | #34 | 7 | #2,333 |
| 1912 | 3,120 | #39 | 6 | #2,357 |
| 1911 | 2,035 | #49 | 6 | #1,590 |
| 1910 | 1,798 | #55 | 5 | #1,663 |
| 1909 | 1,460 | #57 | — | — |
| 1908 | 1,302 | #65 | 9 | #967 |
| 1907 | 1,155 | #67 | — | — |
| 1906 | 1,088 | #67 | 5 | #1,292 |
| 1905 | 1,041 | #73 | — | — |
| 1904 | 868 | #80 | — | — |
| 1903 | 840 | #79 | — | — |
| 1902 | 837 | #79 | — | — |
| 1901 | 686 | #84 | — | — |
| 1900 | 753 | #88 | — | — |
| 1899 | 575 | #94 | — | — |
| 1898 | 620 | #95 | — | — |
| 1897 | 559 | #95 | — | — |
| 1896 | 493 | #102 | — | — |
| 1895 | 544 | #98 | — | — |
| 1894 | 450 | #108 | — | — |
| 1893 | 397 | #111 | — | — |
| 1892 | 389 | #116 | — | — |
| 1891 | 376 | #103 | — | — |
| 1890 | 351 | #117 | — | — |
| 1889 | 312 | #123 | — | — |
| 1888 | 288 | #128 | — | — |
| 1887 | 247 | #122 | — | — |
| 1886 | 271 | #114 | — | — |
| 1885 | 222 | #119 | — | — |
| 1884 | 198 | #124 | — | — |
| 1883 | 185 | #114 | — | — |
| 1882 | 174 | #117 | — | — |
| 1881 | 110 | #142 | — | — |
| 1880 | 129 | #127 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).