Elinore Girl
How popular is Elinore?
#7,131 girl name in 2025
15 baby girls were named Elinore in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
611living people named Elinore (est.)
35median age of people named Elinore
2,370babies named Elinore since 1880
1 in 221,023US babies born in 2025
Elinore popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,131 for girls (▼ 740 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 15 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,610 in 2015, #7,964 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1917 (94 girls) |
| Highest rank | #686 in 1911 |
| First recorded | 1887 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elinore counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elinor family of names ranked #999 for girls in 2025 (#993 the year before), with 202 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Elinore by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 25 | #1,136 |
| 1900s | 82 | #1,027 |
| 1910s | 595 | #686 |
| 1920s | 741 | #757 |
| 1930s | 343 | #1,072 |
| 1940s | 181 | #1,374 |
| 1950s | 66 | #3,234 |
| 1960s | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1970s | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1990s | 43 | #7,423 |
| 2000s | 49 | #9,666 |
| 2010s | 129 | #6,410 |
| 2020s | 91 | #6,391 |
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Questions
- Is Elinore a boy or girl name?
- Elinore is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elinore were girls.
- How popular is the name Elinore?
- 15 baby girls were named Elinore in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
- When was Elinore most popular?
- Elinore peaked in 1917, when 94 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #686 in 1911.
- How many people are named Elinore?
- 2,370 babies have been named Elinore in the US since 1880. We estimate about 611 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
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.