Meaning not yet researched.
Eleanora: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 313 in 2025. Its best rank was #486 in 1916.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #486 in 1916; #865 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Eleanora in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#865 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1916, at #486.
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Eleanora: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 313 girls in 2025. Peak: #486 in 1916 · most girls in one year: 313 (2025).
In 2025, 313 US girls were named Eleanora, making it the 865th most common girls’ name of the year, up 22 places from #887 in 2024. That is 9 more than the 304 girls named Eleanora in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #486, reached in 1916. The most girls given the name in a single year was 313, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,471 in 2015 and #1,633 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Eleanora in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 8,322 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 1,633 babies named Eleanora.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,574 US girls were named Eleanora; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 313. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,135 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Eleanora ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #502 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Elenora (3,661 babies since 1880) and Eleonora (1,651 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ellanora, Elinora and Ellenora are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ellanora (612), Elinora (329), Ellenora (237), Elanora (193), Elleanora (26), Eleanorah (12), Elianora (7), Ellinora (6).
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.
No nicknames listed for Eleanora in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 26 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 7 | #502 | — |
| Iowa | 6 | #518 | — |
| Michigan | 15 | #525 | #940 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #526 | #969 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #534 | — |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #579 | — |
| Arizona | 11 | #595 | — |
| Kansas | 5 | #605 | — |
| New York | 26 | #637 | #1,162 |
| Missouri | 8 | #664 | — |
| Minnesota | 7 | #680 | #523 |
| Ohio | 14 | #681 | #853 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #734 | — |
| Washington | 8 | #754 | #992 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #764 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #806 | — |
| Colorado | 6 | #823 | #804 |
| Florida | 19 | #833 | #2,176 |
| New Jersey | 8 | #866 | — |
| North Carolina | 10 | #921 | — |
| Georgia | 10 | #929 | — |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,048 | #1,325 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,080 | — |
| Texas | 23 | #1,165 | #2,251 |
| California | 16 | #1,429 | #2,362 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 313 | #865 | — | — |
| 2024 | 304 | #887 | — | — |
| 2023 | 278 | #946 | — | — |
| 2022 | 250 | #1,027 | — | — |
| 2021 | 256 | #1,000 | — | — |
| 2020 | 232 | #1,068 | — | — |
| 2019 | 222 | #1,105 | — | — |
| 2018 | 249 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 2017 | 251 | #1,031 | — | — |
| 2016 | 219 | #1,149 | — | — |
| 2015 | 156 | #1,471 | — | — |
| 2014 | 135 | #1,592 | — | — |
| 2013 | 96 | #2,023 | — | — |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,607 | — | — |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,489 | — | — |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,988 | — | — |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,597 | — | — |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,884 | — | — |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,240 | — | — |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,861 | — | — |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,515 | — | — |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,976 | — | — |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,976 | — | — |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,164 | — | — |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,436 | — | — |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,370 | — | — |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,985 | — | — |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,690 | — | — |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,557 | — | — |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,343 | — | — |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,222 | — | — |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,843 | — | — |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,921 | — | — |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,748 | — | — |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,606 | — | — |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,517 | — | — |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,001 | — | — |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,284 | — | — |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,842 | — | — |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,139 | — | — |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,464 | — | — |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,285 | — | — |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,551 | — | — |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,029 | — | — |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,128 | — | — |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,760 | — | — |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,709 | — | — |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,111 | — | — |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,700 | — | — |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,543 | — | — |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,796 | — | — |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,098 | — | — |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,584 | — | — |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,876 | — | — |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,111 | — | — |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,855 | — | — |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,453 | — | — |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,747 | — | — |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,805 | — | — |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,841 | — | — |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,490 | — | — |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,840 | — | — |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,535 | — | — |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,405 | — | — |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,182 | — | — |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,016 | — | — |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,752 | — | — |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,467 | — | — |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,794 | — | — |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,752 | — | — |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,816 | — | — |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,633 | — | — |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,473 | — | — |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,024 | — | — |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,553 | — | — |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,569 | — | — |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,360 | — | — |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,763 | — | — |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,280 | — | — |
| 1942 | 47 | #1,156 | — | — |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,073 | — | — |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,416 | — | — |
| 1939 | 53 | #978 | — | — |
| 1938 | 58 | #932 | — | — |
| 1937 | 57 | #913 | — | — |
| 1936 | 60 | #880 | — | — |
| 1935 | 66 | #852 | — | — |
| 1934 | 68 | #820 | — | — |
| 1933 | 71 | #784 | — | — |
| 1932 | 76 | #776 | — | — |
| 1931 | 78 | #759 | — | — |
| 1930 | 105 | #670 | — | — |
| 1929 | 101 | #696 | — | — |
| 1928 | 110 | #667 | — | — |
| 1927 | 118 | #661 | — | — |
| 1926 | 127 | #637 | — | — |
| 1925 | 129 | #646 | — | — |
| 1924 | 152 | #605 | — | — |
| 1923 | 128 | #655 | — | — |
| 1922 | 136 | #631 | — | — |
| 1921 | 164 | #557 | — | — |
| 1920 | 148 | #591 | — | — |
| 1919 | 153 | #557 | — | — |
| 1918 | 170 | #539 | — | — |
| 1917 | 127 | #605 | — | — |
| 1916 | 174 | #486 | — | — |
| 1915 | 153 | #500 | — | — |
| 1914 | 126 | #497 | — | — |
| 1913 | 87 | #546 | — | — |
| 1912 | 55 | #675 | — | — |
| 1911 | 58 | #560 | — | — |
| 1910 | 53 | #566 | — | — |
| 1909 | 47 | #562 | — | — |
| 1908 | 47 | #539 | — | — |
| 1907 | 29 | #703 | — | — |
| 1906 | 39 | #563 | — | — |
| 1905 | 42 | #531 | — | — |
| 1904 | 41 | #514 | — | — |
| 1903 | 34 | #560 | — | — |
| 1902 | 38 | #520 | — | — |
| 1901 | 23 | #669 | — | — |
| 1900 | 41 | #525 | — | — |
| 1899 | 30 | #553 | — | — |
| 1898 | 34 | #547 | — | — |
| 1897 | 33 | #513 | — | — |
| 1896 | 33 | #520 | — | — |
| 1895 | 24 | #627 | — | — |
| 1894 | 30 | #527 | — | — |
| 1893 | 31 | #491 | — | — |
| 1892 | 27 | #530 | — | — |
| 1891 | 18 | #630 | — | — |
| 1890 | 20 | #585 | — | — |
| 1889 | 23 | #536 | — | — |
| 1888 | 17 | #617 | — | — |
| 1887 | 13 | #642 | — | — |
| 1886 | 14 | #614 | — | — |
| 1885 | 19 | #489 | — | — |
| 1884 | 14 | #565 | — | — |
| 1883 | 9 | #662 | — | — |
| 1882 | 11 | #575 | — | — |
| 1881 | 7 | #702 | — | — |
| 1880 | 6 | #773 | — | — |
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).