Elnora
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- el-NOR-a
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Elnora is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Elnora mean?
French: variant of Eleanora, from Eleanor
Elnora Comstock is the heroine of Gene Stratton-Porter's 1909 novel A Girl of the Limberlost.
Is Elnora a girl's or a boy's name?
Elnora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elnora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Elnora, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 639 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Elnora than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Elnora in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elnora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,173 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,017 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,749 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,821 |
| 1966 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1965 | 66 | #1,350 |
| 1964 | 58 | #1,482 |
| 1963 | 64 | #1,392 |
| 1962 | 93 | #1,126 |
| 1961 | 91 | #1,154 |
| 1960 | 99 | #1,080 |
| 1959 | 104 | #1,046 |
| 1958 | 101 | #1,040 |
| 1957 | 119 | #941 |
| 1956 | 111 | #955 |
| 1955 | 117 | #905 |
| 1954 | 143 | #781 |
| 1953 | 155 | #729 |
| 1952 | 157 | #709 |
| 1951 | 150 | #711 |
| 1950 | 182 | #629 |
| 1949 | 200 | #584 |
| 1948 | 214 | #568 |
| 1947 | 205 | #596 |
| 1946 | 196 | #570 |
| 1945 | 214 | #499 |
| 1944 | 205 | #502 |
| 1943 | 244 | #470 |
| 1942 | 267 | #450 |
| 1941 | 249 | #433 |
| 1940 | 275 | #415 |
| 1939 | 293 | #386 |
| 1938 | 312 | #372 |
| 1937 | 320 | #361 |
| 1936 | 306 | #361 |
| 1935 | 371 | #327 |
| 1934 | 320 | #352 |
| 1933 | 327 | #345 |
| 1932 | 398 | #321 |
| 1931 | 339 | #347 |
| 1930 | 376 | #334 |
| 1929 | 415 | #320 |
| 1928 | 452 | #310 |
| 1927 | 480 | #306 |
| 1926 | 487 | #302 |
| 1925 | 545 | #286 |
| 1924 | 639 | #259 |
| 1923 | 580 | #267 |
| 1922 | 584 | #266 |
| 1921 | 616 | #268 |
| 1920 | 607 | #265 |
| 1919 | 576 | #265 |
| 1918 | 579 | #262 |
| 1917 | 570 | #261 |
| 1916 | 550 | #259 |
| 1915 | 467 | #273 |
| 1914 | 426 | #252 |
| 1913 | 353 | #250 |
| 1912 | 315 | #251 |
| 1911 | 202 | #270 |
| 1910 | 241 | #248 |
| 1909 | 211 | #243 |
| 1908 | 170 | #271 |
| 1907 | 163 | #270 |
| 1906 | 168 | #252 |
| 1905 | 189 | #227 |
| 1904 | 155 | #252 |
| 1903 | 132 | #267 |
| 1902 | 162 | #239 |
| 1901 | 116 | #277 |
| 1900 | 182 | #235 |
| 1899 | 109 | #275 |
| 1898 | 105 | #303 |
| 1897 | 86 | #312 |
| 1896 | 106 | #283 |
| 1895 | 94 | #294 |
| 1894 | 83 | #301 |
| 1893 | 79 | #307 |
| 1892 | 98 | #266 |
| 1891 | 78 | #282 |
| 1890 | 76 | #286 |
| 1889 | 77 | #271 |
| 1888 | 82 | #254 |
| 1887 | 71 | #249 |
| 1886 | 45 | #311 |
| 1885 | 55 | #266 |
| 1884 | 64 | #238 |
| 1883 | 36 | #291 |
| 1882 | 60 | #221 |
| 1881 | 47 | #227 |
| 1880 | 42 | #238 |
Nicknames for Elnora
- Nora 707 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elnora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lenora Estella Leona Luella Eva Eleanor Flora Viola Lola Vera Loretta Matilda
Names related to Elnora
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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, “Elnora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elnora, updated 20 October 2026.