Eleanor is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #36 for girl births in the United States, given to 7,654 babies. Eleanor first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1920 (8,507 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,654 | #36 |
| 2024 | 7,157 | #46 |
| 2023 | 6,771 | #54 |
| 2022 | 6,933 | #58 |
| 2021 | 7,104 | #56 |
| 2020 | 6,379 | #68 |
| 2019 | 6,205 | #82 |
| 2018 | 5,733 | #98 |
| 2017 | 5,549 | #107 |
| 2016 | 5,140 | #120 |
| 2015 | 4,442 | #158 |
| 2014 | 3,740 | #189 |
| 2013 | 3,013 | #237 |
| 2012 | 2,383 | #301 |
| 2011 | 2,085 | #337 |
| 2010 | 1,851 | #373 |
| 2009 | 1,491 | #458 |
| 2008 | 1,343 | #523 |
| 2007 | 1,272 | #540 |
| 2006 | 1,221 | #554 |
| 2005 | 1,237 | #533 |
| 2004 | 1,063 | #604 |
| 2003 | 1,007 | #611 |
| 2002 | 961 | #627 |
| 2001 | 826 | #692 |
| 2000 | 771 | #723 |
| 1999 | 688 | #773 |
| 1998 | 720 | #741 |
| 1997 | 537 | #877 |
| 1996 | 487 | #933 |
| 1995 | 437 | #1,027 |
| 1994 | 390 | #1,089 |
| 1993 | 445 | #1,006 |
| 1992 | 395 | #1,084 |
| 1991 | 394 | #1,079 |
| 1990 | 378 | #1,104 |
| 1989 | 364 | #1,093 |
| 1988 | 309 | #1,153 |
| 1987 | 290 | #1,167 |
| 1986 | 263 | #1,215 |
| 1985 | 270 | #1,173 |
| 1984 | 244 | #1,216 |
| 1983 | 263 | #1,147 |
| 1982 | 265 | #1,174 |
| 1981 | 270 | #1,154 |
| 1980 | 258 | #1,194 |
| 1979 | 276 | #1,127 |
| 1978 | 269 | #1,107 |
| 1977 | 228 | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 257 | #1,099 |
| 1975 | 234 | #1,171 |
| 1974 | 228 | #1,174 |
| 1973 | 266 | #1,060 |
| 1972 | 301 | #990 |
| 1971 | 325 | #987 |
| 1970 | 366 | #941 |
| 1969 | 359 | #918 |
| 1968 | 408 | #847 |
| 1967 | 443 | #794 |
| 1966 | 473 | #762 |
| 1965 | 603 | #667 |
| 1964 | 648 | #669 |
| 1963 | 667 | #666 |
| 1962 | 763 | #614 |
| 1961 | 749 | #623 |
| 1960 | 825 | #602 |
| 1959 | 865 | #581 |
| 1958 | 864 | #571 |
| 1957 | 962 | #533 |
| 1956 | 1,044 | #488 |
| 1955 | 1,043 | #479 |
| 1954 | 1,117 | #452 |
| 1953 | 1,261 | #418 |
| 1952 | 1,249 | #409 |
| 1951 | 1,296 | #393 |
| 1950 | 1,371 | #371 |
| 1949 | 1,517 | #346 |
| 1948 | 1,664 | #326 |
| 1947 | 1,853 | #310 |
| 1946 | 1,939 | #276 |
| 1945 | 1,876 | #255 |
| 1944 | 2,201 | #233 |
| 1943 | 2,738 | #204 |
| 1942 | 3,176 | #170 |
| 1941 | 3,267 | #148 |
| 1940 | 3,606 | #129 |
| 1939 | 3,827 | #115 |
| 1938 | 4,070 | #110 |
| 1937 | 4,291 | #101 |
| 1936 | 4,363 | #92 |
| 1935 | 4,187 | #96 |
| 1934 | 4,731 | #83 |
| 1933 | 5,118 | #73 |
| 1932 | 4,851 | #86 |
| 1931 | 5,285 | #78 |
| 1930 | 5,849 | #73 |
| 1929 | 5,885 | #74 |
| 1928 | 6,564 | #67 |
| 1927 | 6,994 | #60 |
| 1926 | 7,324 | #58 |
| 1925 | 7,743 | #57 |
| 1924 | 8,217 | #55 |
| 1923 | 7,788 | #54 |
| 1922 | 7,874 | #54 |
| 1921 | 8,068 | #53 |
| 1920 | 8,507 | #48 |
| 1919 | 7,621 | #53 |
| 1918 | 8,187 | #50 |
| 1917 | 7,682 | #48 |
| 1916 | 7,416 | #48 |
| 1915 | 7,051 | #49 |
| 1914 | 5,386 | #49 |
| 1913 | 3,945 | #58 |
| 1912 | 3,126 | #65 |
| 1911 | 2,041 | #71 |
| 1910 | 1,803 | #75 |
| 1909 | 1,460 | #77 |
| 1908 | 1,311 | #86 |
| 1907 | 1,155 | #92 |
| 1906 | 1,093 | #88 |
| 1905 | 1,041 | #95 |
| 1904 | 868 | #107 |
| 1903 | 840 | #105 |
| 1902 | 837 | #106 |
| 1901 | 686 | #112 |
| 1900 | 753 | #125 |
| 1899 | 575 | #130 |
| 1898 | 620 | #134 |
| 1897 | 559 | #130 |
| 1896 | 493 | #152 |
| 1895 | 544 | #138 |
| 1894 | 450 | #154 |
| 1893 | 397 | #163 |
| 1892 | 389 | #172 |
| 1891 | 376 | #154 |
| 1890 | 351 | #175 |
| 1889 | 312 | #186 |
| 1888 | 288 | #199 |
| 1887 | 247 | #192 |
| 1886 | 271 | #180 |
| 1885 | 222 | #196 |
| 1884 | 198 | #209 |
| 1883 | 185 | #194 |
| 1882 | 174 | #206 |
| 1881 | 110 | #254 |
| 1880 | 129 | #231 |