Girls' name · since 1913
Ellanor
Ellanor has 756 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 756
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
756 babies have been named Ellanor since 1913, making it today's #3588 girls' name.
Ellanor has 756 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3588 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #9,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,588 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 756 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellanor ranks #9,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,588 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 756 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,588 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 756
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ellanor's 756 recorded births place it above 87.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Ellanor compares
756 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Ellanor's all-time total is 101% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ellanor | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 756 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ellanor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ellanor's full recorded timeline at 2007, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ellanor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Ellanor by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (319 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Ellanor's strongest decade.
319 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Ellanor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 29
1910s
29 births
- 1920s 32
1920s
32 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 2000s 108
2000s
108 births
- 2010s
2010s
319 births
- 2020s
2020s
241 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 319 births (42% of all-time use).
How Ellanor 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 Ellanor's total volume
Ellanor by state
Where Ellanor concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 1.5% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
11 of 756 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Ellanor's data
- Ellanor's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (319 total births) through the 2020s (241) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Ellanors (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Ellanor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1913–2025 (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 Ellanor 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.