Girls' name · since 1906
Elinora
329 babies named Elinora in U.S. Social Security records since 1906, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,143 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,272 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 329
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
329 babies have been named Elinora since 1906, making it today's #13272 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Elinora recorded 329 times among girls since 1906, holding rank #13272 nationally today, ahead of 23% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1906 to 2025.
- #15,143 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,272 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 329 born since 1906
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elinora ranks #15,143 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,272 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 329 born since 1906, peaking in the 1920s.
- #15,143 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,272 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 329
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
Elinora's 329 recorded births place it above 79.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elinora compares
329 47th percentile among 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
Elinora's all-time total is 12% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elinora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 329 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elinora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elinora's full recorded timeline at 1934, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1906, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1927 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elinora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–2025
- Peak year (1927)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 120 years of records
Elinora by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (86 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Elinora's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Elinora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
58 births
- 1920s
1920s
86 births
- 1930s
1930s
58 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 86 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elinora's data
- Elinora's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2020s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elinora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~119 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, 1906–2025 (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 Elinora 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.