Elnora — #5419 US girls' name
21,345 babies named Elnora in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Elnora was born in this single decade.
639 babies were named Elnora in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elnora
The Social Security Administration has registered 21,345 babies named Elnora between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elnora currently holds the #5419 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 639 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elnora performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,405 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elnora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 1,633 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Elnora in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elnora 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 21,345 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.
Elnora at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Elnora popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1924)
- 639
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #5419 among girls.
21,345 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 639 births in a single year.
Elnora popularity over time — boys
27 total births recorded since 1921 (Elnora as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Elnora accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Elnora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 5,405 births that decade — 25% of Elnora's all-time total
Elnora decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,405 births
- Runner-up 4,279 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Elnora's strongest decade
5,405 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Elnora by state
Where Elnora concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 1,633 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 1,390 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,217 | 5.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 1,091 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 984 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 962 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 939 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 820 | 3.8% |
1,633 of 21,345 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 7.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 6.5% of nationwide
- Texas 5.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.1% of nationwide
- Alabama 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 37 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Elnora appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.