Girls' name · since 1908
Ellenor
Ellenor has 701 recorded births since 1908 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,675 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 701
- born since 1908
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ellenor is the #4675 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 701 recorded since 1908.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellenor has been recorded 701 times among girls since 1908, currently ranked #4675 nationally and more common than 73% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 2025.
- #9,511 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,675 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 701 born since 1908
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellenor ranks #9,511 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,675 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 701 born since 1908, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,675 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 701
- born since 1908
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ellenor's 701 recorded births place it above 86.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ellenor compares
701 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Ellenor's all-time total is 86% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ellenor | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 701 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ellenor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ellenor's SSA record in two at 1947 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ellenor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 118 years of records
Ellenor by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (148 births, 21% of the file).
2010s was Ellenor's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Ellenor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 13
1900s
13 births
- 1910s
1910s
102 births
- 1920s
1920s
104 births
- 1930s
1930s
63 births
- 1940s 43
1940s
43 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s
2010s
148 births
- 2020s
2020s
129 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 148 births (21% of all-time use).
How Ellenor 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 Ellenor's total volume
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What to do with Ellenor's data
- Ellenor's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (148 total births) through the 2020s (129) -- 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 Ellenor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~117 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, 1908–2025 (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 Ellenor 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.