Eleanor
Eleanor is ranked 14th among girls in 2024 (7,127 births). Its best rank was 14th, in 2023–2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #14same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7,1270.44% of girls
- Peak year
- 19208,497 births
- Best rank
- #14first in 2023
- Since 1880
- 328,990people given the name
The story in the numbers
328,990 girls have been named Eleanor in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 8,497 births — 0.71% of all girls recorded that year.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 58 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Eleanor | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,136 | |
| 1890s | 4,754 | |
| 1900s | 10,030 | |
| 1910s | 54,163 | |
| 1920s | 74,760 | |
| 1930s | 46,379 | |
| 1940s | 23,761 | |
| 1950s | 11,065 | |
| 1960s | 5,939 | |
| 1970s | 2,749 | |
| 1980s | 2,789 | |
| 1990s | 4,871 | |
| 2000s | 11,187 | |
| 2010s | 40,123 | |
| 2020s | 34,284 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Eleanor was the 25th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Eleanor
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Evelynpeak 1921
- Elinorpeak 1920
- Clarabellepeak 1919
- Winonapeak 2024
- Hellenpeak 1924
- Elenorepeak 1924
- Rosalinepeak 1928
- Rubypeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.