Elenor
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-a-nor
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Elenor is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Elenor mean?
French: spelling of Eleanor, from Occitan Aliénor
Eleanor spread in England through Eleanor of Aquitaine; the origin of her Occitan name is debated.
Is Elenor a girl's or a boy's name?
Elenor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elenor in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elenor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elenor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Elenor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,644among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Elenor, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
2025 had more girls named Elenor than any year since 1929.
Half of all the girls named Elenor in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,294 girls in the US were given Elenor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
Elenor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,390 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,252 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,918 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,992 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,471 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,507 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1933 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,227 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,210 |
| 1929 | 54 | #981 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,108 |
| 1926 | 50 | #1,054 |
| 1925 | 52 | #1,050 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,188 |
| 1923 | 61 | #941 |
| 1922 | 61 | #949 |
| 1921 | 67 | #905 |
| 1920 | 58 | #959 |
| 1919 | 54 | #967 |
| 1918 | 61 | #915 |
| 1917 | 55 | #933 |
| 1916 | 63 | #856 |
| 1915 | 44 | #1,000 |
| 1914 | 42 | #901 |
| 1913 | 33 | #925 |
| 1912 | 33 | #868 |
| 1911 | 19 | #1,007 |
| 1910 | 22 | #914 |
| 1909 | 18 | #961 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,318 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,180 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,213 |
| 1895 | 8 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 10 | #839 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
Nicknames for Elenor
Names like Elenor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eleanor Eloise Emma Elsie Ella Evelyn Charlotte Elizabeth Harriet Esther Lucy Georgia
Other spellings of Elenor
Eleanor Eleanore Elinor Elanor Elleanor Ellanor Ellenor Ellinor Elenore Ellenore
Names related to Elenor
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elenor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elenor, updated 20 October 2026.