NameTides

Eleanor

Eleanor was the #12 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7,649 babies), and #56 in England & Wales and #28 in Canada.

Eleanor as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Eleanor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandNorthern Ireland
Eleanor as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#12 (7,649)#56 (776)#116 (38)#154 (12)#106 (44)#28 (551)#31 (169)#48 (125)
2024#14 (7,147)#67 (672)#113 (39)#150 (13)#126 (36)#31 (553)#33 (165)#36 (144)
2023#14 (6,765)#58 (762)#119 (35)#193 (9)#126 (37)#36 (507)#34 (157)#45 (119)
2022#16 (6,927)#62 (788)#113 (37)#218 (8)#128 (41)#44 (471)#45 (154)#38 (137)
2021#15 (7,099)#55 (915)#126 (35)#139 (17)#147 (34)#46 (513)#48 (155)#42 (138)
2020#22 (6,379)#53 (900)#115 (39)#192 (9)#145 (34)#54 (441)#45 (140)#36 (140)
2019#27 (6,198)#52 (971)#117 (40)#213 (8)#134 (40)#61 (419)#46 (138)#42 (131)
2018#32 (5,728)#51 (985)#143 (33)#218 (8)#142 (39)#75 (347)#46 (140)#47 (98)
2017#36 (5,549)#54 (1,027)#108 (44)#215 (8)#130 (44)#76 (345)#60 (107)#58 (81)
2016#41 (5,140)#47 (1,147)#127 (38)#229 (8)#145 (39)#88 (332)#46 (135)#54 (85)
2015#60 (4,442)#54 (1,105)#173 (26)#195 (10)#172 (33)#107 (274)#60 (115)#74 (66)
2014#78 (3,740)#60 (1,049)#182 (25)#314 (5)#179 (30)#139 (227)#81 (82)—
2013#106 (3,013)#57 (1,039)#147 (31)#255 (7)#148 (40)#158 (197)——
2012#134 (2,383)#63 (989)#155 (30)#203 (9)#157 (37)#199 (168)——
2011#150 (2,085)#59 (1,049)#208 (22)#311 (5)#140 (43)#279 (119)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1915 at #28.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 210 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 210common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 330common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 470common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 610common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 480common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 270common

Next year

On its recent trend, Eleanor is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 210 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 200 to 1 in 230.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eleanor by state, 2025Alaska: #9AKMaine: #2MEWisconsin: #2WIVermont: #3VTNew Hampshire: #10NHWashington: #8WAIdaho: #15IDMontana: #18MTNorth Dakota: #18NDMinnesota: #4MNIllinois: #13ILMichigan: #4MINew York: #34NYMassachusetts: #14MAOregon: #11ORNevada: #19NVWyoming: #7WYSouth Dakota: #6SDIowa: #5IAIndiana: #3INOhio: #6OHPennsylvania: #17PANew Jersey: #74NJConnecticut: #15CTRhode Island: #26RICalifornia: #47CAUtah: #8UTColorado: #10CONebraska: #6NEMissouri: #4MOKentucky: #9KYWest Virginia: #11WVVirginia: #8VAMaryland: #16MDDelaware: #35DEArizona: #37AZNew Mexico: #41NMKansas: #5KSArkansas: #5ARTennessee: #6TNNorth Carolina: #10NCSouth Carolina: #8SCDistrict of Columbia: #6DCOklahoma: #10OKLouisiana: #8LAMississippi: #26MSAlabama: #8ALGeorgia: #13GAHawaii: #54HITexas: #30TXFlorida: #35FL
Eleanor (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#19286
Quebec2025#20628

Eleanor (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EleanorCanadaGirls#28551
EleanorEngland & WalesGirls#56776
EleanorIrelandGirls#10644
EleanorNorthern IrelandGirls#15412
EleanorNSWGirls#31169
EleanorScotlandGirls#11638
EleanorUSGirls#127,649
EleanorUSBoys#12,0085
EleanorVICGirls#48125