Eleanor Girl
How popular is Eleanor?
#12 girl name in 2025
7,649 baby girls were named Eleanor in the US in 2025, making it the 12th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Eleanor popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #12 for girls (▲ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7,649 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #60 in 2015, #22 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (8,497 girls) |
| Highest rank | #12 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eleanor counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eleanor family of names ranked #18 for girls in 2025 (#21 the year before), with 7,955 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eleanor | 7,649 | 96% |
| Eleanore | 156 | 2% |
| Elleanor | 48 | 1% |
| Elenor | 41 | 1% |
| Ellenor | 29 | 0% |
| Elenore | 16 | 0% |
| Ellenore | 16 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eleanor is most popular
Babies named Eleanor per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 21.9 per 1,000 (106 girls)
- Wyoming: 14.8 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- Alaska: 13.7 per 1,000 (118 girls)
- Maine: 13.2 per 1,000 (204 girls)
- District of Columbia: 11.8 per 1,000 (140 girls)
Eleanor by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,136 | #114 |
| 1890s | 4,754 | #94 |
| 1900s | 10,030 | #57 |
| 1910s | 54,163 | #26 |
| 1920s | 74,760 | #25 |
| 1930s | 46,379 | #38 |
| 1940s | 23,761 | #68 |
| 1950s | 11,065 | #199 |
| 1960s | 5,938 | #328 |
| 1970s | 2,750 | #522 |
| 1980s | 2,789 | #599 |
| 1990s | 4,871 | #386 |
| 2000s | 11,187 | #218 |
| 2010s | 40,129 | #27 |
| 2020s | 41,966 | #12 |
Girl names about as popular as Eleanor
Questions
- Is Eleanor a boy or girl name?
- Eleanor is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eleanor were girls.
- How popular is the name Eleanor?
- 7,649 baby girls were named Eleanor in the US in 2025, making it the 12th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Eleanor most popular?
- Eleanor peaked in 1920, when 8,497 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #12 in 2025.
- How many people are named Eleanor?
- 337,323 babies have been named Eleanor in the US since 1880. We estimate about 147,350 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Eleanor most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eleanor was most common in Vermont, at 21.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.