Elenora — #4763 US girls' name
3,614 babies named Elenora in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Elenora was born in this single decade.
119 babies were named Elenora in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elenora
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,614 babies named Elenora between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elenora currently holds the #4763 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 119 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elenora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 826 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elenora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 163 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Elenora in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elenora in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,614 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Elenora at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Elenora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1917)
- 119
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #4763 among girls.
3,614 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 119 births in a single year.
Elenora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 826 births that decade — 23% of Elenora's all-time total
Elenora decade highlights
- Peak decade 826 births
- Runner-up 714 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elenora's strongest decade
826 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Elenora by state
Where Elenora concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 163 | 4.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 154 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 97 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 75 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 46 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 42 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 31 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 21 | 0.6% |
163 of 3,614 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 4.5% of nationwide
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.1% of nationwide
- Maryland 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Elenora appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.