Girls' name · since 1909
Eleonor
Eleonor has 790 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,653 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 790
- born since 1909
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Eleonor is the #2653 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 790 recorded since 1909.
Eleonor has 790 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2653 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2025.
- #8,812 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,653 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 790 born since 1909
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eleonor ranks #8,812 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,653 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 790 born since 1909, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,812 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,653 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 790
- born since 1909
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eleonor's 790 recorded births place it above 87.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Eleonor compares
790 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Eleonor's all-time total is 110% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eleonor | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 790 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 65 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eleonor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Eleonor's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1909, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 65, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Eleonor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 65
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Eleonor by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (234 births, 30% of the file).
2020s was Eleonor's strongest decade.
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Eleonor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 73
1910s
73 births
- 1920s
1920s
120 births
- 1930s 47
1930s
47 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s 41
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
158 births
- 2020s
2020s
234 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 234 births (30% of all-time use).
How Eleonor 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 Eleonor's total volume
Eleonor by state
Where Eleonor concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 53 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 51 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.6% |
53 of 790 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Eleonors (53 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Eleonor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~116 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, 1909–2025 (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 Eleonor 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.