How rare is the name Eleanore?

4,335 people in the United States have the first name Eleanore, about 1 in 69,673. It ranks #4,348 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELEANORE

#4,348

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,335
About
1 in 69,673
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,335 people named Eleanore, 87.3% reported their origin as White, 4% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Eleanore peaked in 1921, when 768 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
768
In 2025*
156 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 18,724 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Eleanore by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #436. The largest share of babies named Eleanore, 58%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1,214107
1890s#889278
1900s#676613
1910s#4364,807
1920s#4766,319
1930s#7352,628
1940s#1,427963
1950s#2,594434
1960s#4,386198
1970s#6,771138
1980s#8,084139
1990s#7,706215
2000s#6,397386
2010s#4,238761
2020s#3,088738
Before 19012.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2758%
Silent Generation 1928–4522.3%
Baby boom 1946–644.4%
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–961.4%
Generation Z 1997–123.3%
2013 and later7.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Eleanore is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Eleanore has been most common in Wisconsin (4.5×), North Dakota (3.6×), and Illinois (2.9×), and least common in Texas (0.06×).

14,194 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Eleanore

#4,346 Ariyah · 4,337#4,346 Elder · 4,337#4,349 Bogdan · 4,334#4,350 Khoa · 4,333

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Eleanore, most common first.

#467 Eleanor · 120,071#5,615 Eleonora · 3,012#5,841 Eleanora · 2,845#8,892 Elanor · 1,601#8,916 Elenor · 1,596#10,733 Eleonore · 1,226#12,090 Eleonor · 1,041#12,922 Elenora · 947

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