Eleanore

Eleanore was the #1,396 girls' name in the US in 2025 (156 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Eleanore as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Eleanore as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Eleanore as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,396 (156)#4,201 (5)#799 (36)
2024#1,509 (143)#3,696 (6)#917 (30)
2023#1,645 (126)#3,219 (7)#808 (34)
2022#1,870 (108)—#1,056 (24)
2021#1,980 (98)#3,519 (6)#947 (29)
2020#1,830 (107)#3,899 (5)#923 (29)
2019#1,949 (100)—#1,138 (22)
2018#1,915 (104)#3,985 (5)#1,031 (25)
2017#1,976 (100)#4,763 (4)#1,382 (17)
2016#2,206 (87)#5,785 (3)#1,335 (18)
2015#2,123 (90)#3,615 (6)#1,115 (22)
2014#2,560 (69)—#1,455 (16)
2013#2,769 (62)—#1,792 (12)
2012#3,711 (42)#4,171 (5)#2,601 (7)
2011#3,350 (48)#3,549 (6)#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1916 at #225.
  • Rising 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 10,000 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 10,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Eleanore is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,500 to 1 in 9,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Eleanore by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,575CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: #1,902TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Eleanore (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
Quebec2025#29618
Ontario2024#1,5856

Eleanore (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
EleanoreCanadaGirls#79936
EleanoreEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
EleanoreNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EleanoreUSGirls#1,396156