Elenora

Elenora was the #3,342 girls' name in the US in 2025 (46 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales.

Elenora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Elenora 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Elenora 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#3,342 (46)#3,333 (7)—
2024#4,772 (28)#4,193 (5)#2,975 (6)
2023#3,585 (43)#5,688 (3)—
2022#4,108 (35)#4,646 (4)—
2021#3,491 (44)#5,581 (3)—
2020#3,915 (36)——
2019#3,718 (40)#4,686 (4)#3,266 (5)
2018#4,144 (34)#4,684 (4)—
2017#5,045 (26)#4,763 (4)—
2016#4,250 (34)——
2015#8,008 (14)#3,615 (6)—
2014#6,207 (20)——
2013#8,135 (14)#4,739 (4)—
2012#7,456 (16)——
2011#9,150 (12)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1899 at #498.
  • 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 34,000 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 34,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Elenora is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 43,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 71,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElenoraCanadaGirls—too few
ElenoraEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
ElenoraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElenoraUSGirls#3,34246