Elnor — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elnor

The Social Security Administration has registered 843 babies named Elnor between 1904 and 1952, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elnor currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1952. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elnor performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 292 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elnor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Elnor in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elnor 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 843 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.