Elinora
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- el-ih-NOR-uh
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Elinora is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Elinora mean?
French: Latinate form of Elinor, from Occitan Aliénor
Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of both France and England, made the name popular in medieval England.
Is Elinora a girl's or a boy's name?
Elinora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elinora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Elinora, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1927, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1906.
2025 had fewer girls named Elinora than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Elinora in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were given Elinora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,325, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Elinora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
Nicknames for Elinora
Names like Elinora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eleanora Eleanor Emma Ella Estella Evelina Eliza Lenora Theodora Eva Stella Ophelia
Other spellings of Elinora
Names related to Elinora
More French names
Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle Quincy
Sources
Figures from 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, “Elinora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elinora, updated 20 October 2026.