Meaning not yet researched.
Elnora: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 17 in 2025. Its best rank was #221 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #221 in 1882; #6,617 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elnora in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,617 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #221.
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Elnora: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 17 girls in 2025. Peak: #221 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 639 (1924).
In 2025, 17 US girls were named Elnora, making it the 6,617th most common girls’ name of the year, down 1,114 places from #5,503 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 23 girls named Elnora in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #221, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 639, in 1924. For comparison, it was #6,298 in 2015 and #630 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elnora in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 42 babies with the name. In all, 21,390 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5,422 babies named Elnora.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 211 US girls were named Elnora; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 34. In 2025 that was about 1 in 94,545 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Elenora (3,661 babies since 1880) and Eleonora (1,651 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ellnora, Elnorah and Elnara are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Nora.
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.
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: Ellnora (41), Elnorah (6), Elnara (5).
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.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,617 | — | — |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,503 | — | — |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,219 | — | — |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,212 | — | — |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,809 | — | — |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,672 | — | — |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,245 | — | — |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,816 | — | — |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,725 | — | — |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,243 | — | — |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,298 | — | — |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,186 | — | — |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,787 | — | — |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,952 | — | — |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,777 | — | — |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,651 | — | — |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,919 | — | — |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,889 | — | — |
| 2007 | 10 | #11,077 | — | — |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,827 | — | — |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,429 | — | — |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,868 | — | — |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,819 | — | — |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,615 | — | — |
| 2001 | 5 | #16,086 | — | — |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,182 | — | — |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,749 | — | — |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,408 | — | — |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,428 | — | — |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,030 | — | — |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,853 | — | — |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,245 | — | — |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,944 | — | — |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,409 | — | — |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,035 | — | — |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,468 | — | — |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,609 | — | — |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,215 | — | — |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,722 | — | — |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,790 | — | — |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,140 | — | — |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,539 | — | — |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,991 | — | — |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,063 | — | — |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,167 | — | — |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,538 | — | — |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,470 | — | — |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,319 | — | — |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,481 | — | — |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,717 | — | — |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,472 | — | — |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,781 | — | — |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,851 | — | — |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,184 | — | — |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,388 | — | — |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,026 | — | — |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,268 | — | — |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,757 | — | — |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,828 | — | — |
| 1966 | 57 | #1,465 | — | — |
| 1965 | 66 | #1,355 | — | — |
| 1964 | 58 | #1,488 | — | — |
| 1963 | 64 | #1,395 | — | — |
| 1962 | 93 | #1,129 | — | — |
| 1961 | 91 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 1960 | 99 | #1,081 | — | — |
| 1959 | 104 | #1,049 | — | — |
| 1958 | 101 | #1,043 | — | — |
| 1957 | 119 | #943 | — | — |
| 1956 | 111 | #957 | — | — |
| 1955 | 117 | #910 | — | — |
| 1954 | 143 | #783 | — | — |
| 1953 | 155 | #730 | — | — |
| 1952 | 157 | #711 | — | — |
| 1951 | 150 | #714 | — | — |
| 1950 | 182 | #630 | — | — |
| 1949 | 200 | #586 | — | — |
| 1948 | 214 | #571 | — | — |
| 1947 | 205 | #596 | — | — |
| 1946 | 196 | #570 | — | — |
| 1945 | 214 | #499 | — | — |
| 1944 | 205 | #502 | — | — |
| 1943 | 244 | #471 | — | — |
| 1942 | 267 | #450 | — | — |
| 1941 | 249 | #433 | — | — |
| 1940 | 275 | #415 | — | — |
| 1939 | 293 | #386 | — | — |
| 1938 | 312 | #372 | — | — |
| 1937 | 320 | #361 | — | — |
| 1936 | 306 | #361 | — | — |
| 1935 | 371 | #327 | 5 | #3,823 |
| 1934 | 320 | #352 | — | — |
| 1933 | 327 | #346 | — | — |
| 1932 | 398 | #321 | 5 | #3,925 |
| 1931 | 339 | #347 | — | — |
| 1930 | 376 | #334 | — | — |
| 1929 | 415 | #320 | 5 | #4,146 |
| 1928 | 452 | #310 | — | — |
| 1927 | 480 | #306 | 5 | #4,376 |
| 1926 | 487 | #302 | — | — |
| 1925 | 545 | #286 | — | — |
| 1924 | 639 | #259 | — | — |
| 1923 | 580 | #267 | — | — |
| 1922 | 584 | #267 | — | — |
| 1921 | 616 | #268 | 7 | #3,624 |
| 1920 | 607 | #265 | — | — |
| 1919 | 576 | #265 | — | — |
| 1918 | 579 | #262 | — | — |
| 1917 | 570 | #261 | — | — |
| 1916 | 550 | #259 | — | — |
| 1915 | 467 | #273 | — | — |
| 1914 | 426 | #252 | — | — |
| 1913 | 353 | #250 | — | — |
| 1912 | 315 | #251 | — | — |
| 1911 | 202 | #270 | — | — |
| 1910 | 241 | #248 | — | — |
| 1909 | 211 | #243 | — | — |
| 1908 | 170 | #271 | — | — |
| 1907 | 163 | #270 | — | — |
| 1906 | 168 | #252 | — | — |
| 1905 | 189 | #227 | — | — |
| 1904 | 155 | #253 | — | — |
| 1903 | 132 | #268 | — | — |
| 1902 | 162 | #239 | — | — |
| 1901 | 116 | #277 | — | — |
| 1900 | 182 | #236 | — | — |
| 1899 | 109 | #275 | — | — |
| 1898 | 105 | #304 | — | — |
| 1897 | 86 | #312 | — | — |
| 1896 | 106 | #284 | — | — |
| 1895 | 94 | #294 | — | — |
| 1894 | 83 | #302 | — | — |
| 1893 | 79 | #308 | — | — |
| 1892 | 98 | #266 | — | — |
| 1891 | 78 | #282 | — | — |
| 1890 | 76 | #286 | — | — |
| 1889 | 77 | #271 | — | — |
| 1888 | 82 | #254 | — | — |
| 1887 | 71 | #249 | — | — |
| 1886 | 45 | #311 | — | — |
| 1885 | 55 | #266 | — | — |
| 1884 | 64 | #238 | — | — |
| 1883 | 36 | #292 | — | — |
| 1882 | 60 | #221 | — | — |
| 1881 | 47 | #228 | — | — |
| 1880 | 42 | #238 | — | — |
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).