Ellenore — #8446 US girls' name
273 babies named Ellenore in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Ellenore was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Ellenore in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ellenore
The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Ellenore between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ellenore currently holds the #8446 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellenore performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ellenore shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ellenore in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ellenore in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 273 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ellenore at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ellenore popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2016)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #8446 among girls.
273 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 21 births in a single year.
Ellenore by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 122 births that decade — 45% of Ellenore's all-time total
Ellenore decade highlights
- Peak decade 122 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ellenore's strongest decade
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Ellenore by state
Where Ellenore concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 273 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.