Elenore
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-a-nor
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Elenore is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Elenore mean?
French: spelling of Eleanor, from Occitan Aliénor
Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I, is commemorated by the Eleanor crosses he raised after her death.
Is Elenore a girl's or a boy's name?
Elenore is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elenore in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 4 girls.
Elenore in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Elenore in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Elenore, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1924, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
Half of all the girls named Elenore in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1950, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,294 girls in the US were given Elenore or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Elenore in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,697 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,287 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,289 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,256 |
| 1928 | 46 | #1,115 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,161 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,096 |
| 1925 | 64 | #932 |
| 1924 | 82 | #822 |
| 1923 | 52 | #1,054 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,124 |
| 1921 | 60 | #955 |
| 1920 | 55 | #989 |
| 1919 | 48 | #1,042 |
| 1918 | 52 | #999 |
| 1917 | 57 | #916 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,127 |
| 1915 | 56 | #874 |
| 1914 | 38 | #956 |
| 1913 | 31 | #961 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,031 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,203 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,002 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,162 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
Nicknames for Elenore
Names like Elenore
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eleanor, Eloise, Elsie, Olive, Alice, Beatrice, Florence, Clementine, Charlotte, Josephine, Evelyn, Harriet
Other spellings of Elenore
Eleanor, Eleanore, Elinor, Elanor, Elleanor, Ellanor, Elenor, Ellenor, Ellinor, Ellenore
Names related to Elenore
More French names
Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
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, “Elenore: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elenore, updated 20 October 2026.