Girls' name · since 1908
Ellenora
Ellenora has 237 recorded births since 1908 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,155 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 237
- born since 1908
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ellenora currently ranks #10155 among girls' names in America, with 237 babies recorded since 1908.
Social Security Administration records show Ellenora recorded 237 times among girls since 1908, holding rank #10155 nationally today, ahead of 41% 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 1908 to 2025.
- #18,113 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,155 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 237 born since 1908
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellenora ranks #18,113 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,155 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 237 born since 1908, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,155 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 237
- born since 1908
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ellenora's 237 recorded births place it above 74.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ellenora compares
237 40th 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
Ellenora's all-time total is 37% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ellenora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 237 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ellenora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ellenora's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1908, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ellenora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 118 years of records
Ellenora by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (62 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Ellenora's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Ellenora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
43 births
- 1920s
1920s
62 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 62 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Ellenora's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ellenora: 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 Ellenora 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.