NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Eleanor Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Eleanor: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 336,678 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
336,678
Peak year
1920 #25
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
+22.7%

In the 1920s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
20112,085#150
20122,383#134
20133,013#106
20143,740#78
20154,442#60
20165,140#41
20175,549#36
20185,728#32
20196,198#27
20206,379#22
20217,099#15
20226,927#16
20236,765#14
20247,147#14
20257,649#12

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1920

NY
1,251
PA
1,181
MA
633
IL
613
OH
520
NJ
516

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