Baby name

Eleanor

Girl

Origin of the name

Eleanor is the English form of the Old French Aliénor. Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and then of England, bore it.

Rising name

The high point came in 1920, with 8,497 births and the No. 25 spot that year. The rise continues, up 59% on the previous ten years. In 2025, it ranked No. 12.

336,678births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 25rank at its peak, in 1920

Where babies named Eleanor are born

1920

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The darker the blue, the more common Eleanor is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Eleanor is most common in Massachusetts (2.4 times), Vermont (2.1) and Maine (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Eleanore 18,724
Eleanora 8,322
Elenor 2,268
Elanor 1,930

Names from the same era

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