NameTides

Elanor

Elanor was the #1,631 girls' name in the US in 2025 (127 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Elanor as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Elanor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Elanor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,631 (127)#2,138 (13)—#2,282 (9)
2024#1,779 (113)#2,575 (10)—#2,102 (10)
2023#1,614 (129)#2,346 (11)—#1,898 (11)
2022#1,974 (99)#3,149 (7)—#1,635 (13)
2021#2,103 (90)#3,192 (7)—#1,876 (11)
2020#2,100 (87)#3,447 (6)—#2,163 (9)
2019#2,681 (64)#3,541 (6)—#3,266 (5)
2018#3,050 (53)#2,499 (10)—#3,286 (5)
2017#3,014 (54)#2,502 (10)——
2016#2,966 (56)#4,763 (4)——
2015#2,846 (61)———
2014#4,455 (32)#3,160 (7)——
2013#3,465 (45)#2,062 (13)—#1,792 (12)
2012#4,121 (36)#4,838 (4)——
2011#3,603 (43)#2,636 (9)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,614.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Elanor is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,200 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elanor by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Elanor (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElanorCanadaGirls#2,2829
ElanorEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
ElanorNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElanorScotlandGirls—too few
ElanorUSGirls#1,631127