Eleanore
Eleanore was given to 156 girls in 2025, #1,398 among girls’ names; 18,724 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,000 Americans named Eleanore and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (21% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 9 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eleanore by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Eleanore?
#1,398 among girls’ names, 2025
Eleanore rose from #2,129 in 2015 to #1,398 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 50.4 to 97.1 per million.
768 babies in 1921, the peak
Eleanore peaked in 1921, when 768 girls were given it, #235 among girls’ names. The 156 births of 2025 are 20% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | #1,398 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 143 | #1,513 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,648 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,875 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 98 | #1,982 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,834 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 100 | #1,951 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 104 | #1,917 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,980 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 87 | #2,211 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 90 | #2,129 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,563 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,777 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,731 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,365 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,913 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 54 | #3,131 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,337 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,734 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,811 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,600 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,973 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,425 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,944 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,591 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,347 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,910 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,058 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,075 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,216 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,506 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,080 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,803 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,795 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,690 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,455 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,275 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,778 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,910 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,022 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,440 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,425 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,355 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,044 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,044 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,748 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,696 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,004 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,284 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,963 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,663 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,097 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,863 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,309 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,655 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,141 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,832 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,361 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,111 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,596 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,280 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 20 | #2,848 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,317 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,372 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,931 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 29 | #2,158 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,953 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,993 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 41 | #1,665 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,705 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,396 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,476 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 53 | #1,321 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,417 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 57 | #1,225 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 66 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 50 | #1,300 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 70 | #1,058 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 71 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 69 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1944 | 70 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 113 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 148 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 138 | #601 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 168 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 180 | #497 | 0.16 |
| 1938 | 192 | #480 | 0.17 |
| 1937 | 215 | #450 | 0.20 |
| 1936 | 254 | #399 | 0.24 |
| 1935 | 238 | #419 | 0.23 |
| 1934 | 259 | #406 | 0.25 |
| 1933 | 278 | #386 | 0.28 |
| 1932 | 326 | #352 | 0.31 |
| 1931 | 324 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1930 | 362 | #345 | 0.32 |
| 1929 | 387 | #330 | 0.35 |
| 1928 | 454 | #309 | 0.39 |
| 1927 | 535 | #288 | 0.45 |
| 1926 | 613 | #269 | 0.52 |
| 1925 | 653 | #260 | 0.54 |
| 1924 | 719 | #248 | 0.58 |
| 1923 | 729 | #240 | 0.60 |
| 1922 | 724 | #242 | 0.60 |
| 1921 | 768 | #235 | 0.62 |
| 1920 | 737 | #240 | 0.62 |
| 1919 | 737 | #233 | 0.65 |
| 1918 | 761 | #228 | 0.66 |
| 1917 | 708 | #231 | 0.65 |
| 1916 | 724 | #225 | 0.69 |
| 1915 | 570 | #248 | 0.58 |
| 1914 | 438 | #250 | 0.58 |
| 1913 | 313 | #261 | 0.50 |
| 1912 | 253 | #287 | 0.45 |
| 1911 | 159 | #313 | 0.38 |
| 1910 | 144 | #317 | 0.36 |
| 1909 | 88 | #390 | 0.25 |
| 1908 | 91 | #377 | 0.27 |
| 1907 | 71 | #424 | 0.22 |
| 1906 | 67 | #417 | 0.23 |
| 1905 | 56 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 66 | #400 | 0.24 |
| 1903 | 52 | #444 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 42 | #486 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 43 | #453 | 0.18 |
| 1900 | 37 | #570 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 28 | #579 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 46 | #450 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 33 | #514 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 31 | #538 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 22 | #664 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 28 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1893 | 24 | #580 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 22 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 23 | #546 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 21 | #574 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 10 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 18 | #596 | 0.10 |
| 1887 | 15 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1886 | 8 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 12 | #637 | 0.09 |
| 1884 | 8 | #808 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 11 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 7 | #763 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 5 | #858 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 13 | #476 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Eleanore a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eleanore has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Eleanore: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eleanore, and how old are they?
4,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 21% of the 18,724 Americans ever recorded as Eleanore. The median Eleanore alive today is 32 years old; half are between 9 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 4,335 people named Eleanore (4,322 women and girls, 13 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,511 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 915 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 622 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 204 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 248 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 607 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,340 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Eleanore born?
The states with the most babies named Eleanore are Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois, with 44% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 2,179 | #1,274 | 1.6× |
| New York | 2,047 | #1,347 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 2,032 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Michigan | 1,419 | #993 | 2.2× |
| Wisconsin | 1,273 | #825 | 3.0× |
| Ohio | 1,249 | #822 | 1.4× |
| New Jersey | 818 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Minnesota | 705 | #879 | 1.8× |
| California | 601 | #1,606 | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 455 | not ranked | 0.8× |
Where Eleanore is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eleanore is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Eleanore with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 38,234 babies since 1880, Eleanore is the most given (49% of them). In 2025 it was given to 156 of their 688 babies (23%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eleanore
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eleanore and names like it
- Compare Eleanore and EleanoraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEleanore peaked in 1921.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eleanore since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Eleanore.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Eleanore alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.