Eleonore

Eleonore was the #7,885 girls' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #165 in Canada.

Eleonore as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Eleonore 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Eleonore 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#7,885 (13)#3,333 (7)#165 (172)
2024#6,642 (17)#4,193 (5)#180 (155)
2023#5,752 (21)#3,599 (6)#195 (142)
2022#9,680 (10)#2,889 (8)#153 (176)
2021#4,413 (31)#3,519 (6)#161 (176)
2020#4,880 (26)#3,899 (5)#169 (163)
2019#4,546 (30)#2,869 (8)#260 (124)
2018#6,521 (18)#2,499 (10)#205 (148)
2017#5,661 (22)#2,341 (11)#249 (127)
2016#6,901 (17)#2,757 (9)#270 (120)
2015#6,721 (18)#2,705 (9)#300 (111)
2014#6,713 (18)#2,314 (11)#354 (96)
2013#9,036 (12)#4,050 (5)#488 (63)
2012#11,257 (9)—#492 (62)
2011#13,347 (7)#4,049 (5)#480 (66)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1887 at #860.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 130,000 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 130,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 870common

Next year

On its recent trend, Eleonore is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 56,000 to 1 in 340,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#31162

Eleonore (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
EleonoreCanadaGirls#165172
EleonoreEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
EleonoreNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EleonoreUSGirls#7,88513