How rare is the name Elnora?

4,788 people in the United States have the first name Elnora, about 1 in 63,081. It ranks #4,051 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELNORA

#4,051

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,788
About
1 in 63,081
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,788 people named Elnora, 59.9% reported their origin as Black, 30.8% as White and 4.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elnora peaked in 1924, when 639 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1924
Births that year
639
In 2025*
17 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 21,390 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.

Elnora by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #382. The largest share of babies named Elnora, 48.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#471579
1890s#456914
1900s#3821,648
1910s#4604,279
1920s#5275,422
1930s#6423,372
1940s#9152,269
1950s#1,4411,339
1960s#2,245646
1970s#4,512262
1980s#6,758182
1990s#13,20897
2000s#18,13284
2010s#12,208163
2020s#9,579134
Before 19017.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2748.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4526.6%
Baby boom 1946–6412%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–120.7%
2013 and later1.2%

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 Elnora is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elnora has been most common in Mississippi (8.4×), Louisiana (5×), and Arkansas (4.9×), and least common in California (0.05×).

15,235 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 Elnora

#4,049 Alli · 4,789#4,049 Javion · 4,789#4,052 Keshia · 4,786#4,052 Lanie · 4,786

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,922 Elenora · 947#37,148 Elnor · 211#40,051 Elinora · 187#47,034 Elanora · 140#52,605 Elnore · 106

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