Girls' name · since 1880
Eleanore
18,724 babies named Eleanore in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,397 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,724
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Eleanore is the #1397 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 18,724 recorded since 1880.
Eleanore has 18,724 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1397 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,112 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,397 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18,724 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleanore ranks #1,112 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,397 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,724 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,397 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,724
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Eleanore's 18,724 recorded births place it above 98.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Eleanore compares
18,724 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eleanore's all-time total is 50x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eleanore | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,724 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 768 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eleanore's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Eleanore's full recorded timeline at 1953, 15% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 85% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 768 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Eleanore popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 768
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Eleanore by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (6,319 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Eleanore's strongest decade.
6,319 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Eleanore births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 107
1880s
107 births
- 1890s 278
1890s
278 births
- 1900s 613
1900s
613 births
- 1910s
1910s
4,807 births
- 1920s
1920s
6,319 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,628 births
- 1940s 963
1940s
963 births
- 1950s 434
1950s
434 births
- 1960s 198
1960s
198 births
- 1970s 138
1970s
138 births
- 1980s 139
1980s
139 births
- 1990s 215
1990s
215 births
- 2000s 386
2000s
386 births
- 2010s 761
2010s
761 births
- 2020s 738
2020s
738 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 6,319 births (34% of all-time use).
How Eleanore compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Eleanore's total volume
Eleanore by state
Where Eleanore concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 2,179 | 11.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,047 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 2,032 | 10.9% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 1,419 | 7.6% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 1,273 | 6.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,249 | 6.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 818 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 705 | 3.8% |
2,179 of 18,724 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Eleanore appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Eleanore's data
- Eleanore's decade-level peak was the 1920s (6,319 total births); usage has since declined to 738 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Eleanores (2,179 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eleanore: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eleanore draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.