Eleanor
Rank in 2025
#12
recorded as girls
#12008
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
7,654
girls 7,649 · boys 5
Peak year
1915
7,036 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
337,323
since 1880
Born an Eleanor? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Eleanor was most popular in 1915, when 7,036 babies recorded as girls got the name (7.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 7,649 babies were named Eleanor, ranking #12 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 22%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,649 | 12 | 5 | 12008 |
| 2024 | 7,147 | 14 | 10 | 7765 |
| 2023 | 6,765 | 14 | 6 | 10821 |
| 2022 | 6,927 | 16 | 6 | 10863 |
| 2021 | 7,099 | 15 | 5 | 12146 |
| 2020 | 6,379 | 22 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 6,198 | 27 | 7 | 9756 |
| 2018 | 5,728 | 32 | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | 5,549 | 36 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 5,140 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 4,442 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 3,740 | 78 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 3,013 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 2,383 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 2,085 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 1,851 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,486 | 218 | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 1,343 | 255 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,272 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,221 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,237 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,063 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 1,007 | 308 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 961 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 826 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 771 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 688 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 720 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 537 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 487 | 490 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 437 | 543 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 390 | 585 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 445 | 537 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 395 | 585 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 394 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 378 | 599 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 357 | 600 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 309 | 642 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 290 | 648 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 263 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 270 | 670 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 244 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 263 | 656 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 265 | 669 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 270 | 655 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 258 | 676 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 276 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 269 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 228 | 688 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 257 | 609 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 234 | 650 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 228 | 665 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 266 | 591 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 301 | 552 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 325 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 366 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 359 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 408 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 443 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 473 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 603 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 648 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 667 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 763 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 749 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 825 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 865 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 864 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 962 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 1,044 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 1,043 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 1,117 | 242 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 1,254 | 227 | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | 1,249 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 1,296 | 210 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,371 | 199 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,517 | 183 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 1,664 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,853 | 158 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,933 | 139 | 6 | 3173 |
| 1945 | 1,876 | 130 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 2,190 | 122 | 11 | 2195 |
| 1943 | 2,729 | 107 | 9 | 2563 |
| 1942 | 3,165 | 87 | 11 | 2268 |
| 1941 | 3,250 | 78 | 17 | 1685 |
| 1940 | 3,584 | 68 | 22 | 1433 |
| 1939 | 3,810 | 63 | 17 | 1636 |
| 1938 | 4,049 | 60 | 21 | 1476 |
| 1937 | 4,275 | 53 | 16 | 1756 |
| 1936 | 4,341 | 47 | 22 | 1417 |
| 1935 | 4,166 | 48 | 21 | 1494 |
| 1934 | 4,718 | 44 | 13 | 2022 |
| 1933 | 5,106 | 38 | 12 | 2093 |
| 1932 | 4,836 | 45 | 15 | 1922 |
| 1931 | 5,255 | 40 | 30 | 1253 |
| 1930 | 5,823 | 39 | 26 | 1428 |
| 1929 | 5,865 | 38 | 20 | 1672 |
| 1928 | 6,535 | 36 | 29 | 1353 |
| 1927 | 6,963 | 33 | 31 | 1322 |
| 1926 | 7,305 | 32 | 19 | 1787 |
| 1925 | 7,724 | 31 | 19 | 1806 |
| 1924 | 8,193 | 29 | 24 | 1577 |
| 1923 | 7,772 | 28 | 16 | 2020 |
| 1922 | 7,852 | 28 | 22 | 1644 |
| 1921 | 8,054 | 29 | 14 | 2265 |
| 1920 | 8,497 | 25 | 10 | 2765 |
| 1919 | 7,611 | 30 | 10 | 2665 |
| 1918 | 8,176 | 26 | 11 | 2543 |
| 1917 | 7,669 | 26 | 13 | 2188 |
| 1916 | 7,406 | 27 | 10 | 2543 |
| 1915 | 7,036 | 28 | 15 | 1878 |
| 1914 | 5,374 | 28 | 12 | 1868 |
| 1913 | 3,938 | 34 | 7 | 2273 |
| 1912 | 3,120 | 39 | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | 2,035 | 49 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | 1,798 | 55 | 5 | 1589 |
| 1909 | 1,460 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 1,302 | 65 | 9 | 946 |
| 1907 | 1,155 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 1,088 | 67 | 5 | 1253 |
| 1905 | 1,041 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 868 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 840 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 837 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 686 | 84 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 753 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 575 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 620 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 559 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 493 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 544 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 450 | 108 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 397 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 389 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 376 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 351 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 312 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 288 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 247 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 271 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 222 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 198 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 185 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 174 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 110 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 129 | 126 | <5 | — |
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Where Eleanor is most popular
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- District of Columbia2.4×
- Maine2.4×
- Alaska2.2×
- Wyoming2.1×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years