Elinor is an established variant of Eleanor that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Elinor is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,502 for girl births in the United States (and #2,799 across all names), given to 142 babies. Elinor first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (656 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | 142 | #1,502 |
| 2024 | 146 | 146 | #1,492 |
| 2023 | 164 | 164 | #1,374 |
| 2022 | 176 | 176 | #1,339 |
| 2021 | 172 | 172 | #1,313 |
| 2020 | 144 | 144 | #1,487 |
| 2019 | 162 | 162 | #1,386 |
| 2018 | 159 | 159 | #1,406 |
| 2017 | 165 | 165 | #1,392 |
| 2016 | 171 | 171 | #1,374 |
| 2015 | 165 | 165 | #1,410 |
| 2014 | 144 | 144 | #1,520 |
| 2013 | 120 | 120 | #1,728 |
| 2012 | 134 | 134 | #1,614 |
| 2011 | 99 | 99 | #1,987 |
| 2010 | 105 | 105 | #1,914 |
| 2009 | 96 | 96 | #2,107 |
| 2008 | 102 | 102 | #2,036 |
| 2007 | 83 | 83 | #2,316 |
| 2006 | 75 | 75 | #2,466 |
| 2005 | 65 | 65 | #2,608 |
| 2004 | 71 | 71 | #2,403 |
| 2003 | 64 | 64 | #2,532 |
| 2002 | 71 | 71 | #2,293 |
| 2001 | 57 | 57 | #2,643 |
| 2000 | 49 | 49 | #2,914 |
| 1999 | 66 | 66 | #2,263 |
| 1998 | 54 | 54 | #2,542 |
| 1997 | 48 | — | #2,629 |
| 1996 | 44 | — | #2,767 |
| 1995 | 54 | — | #2,398 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | #3,923 |
| 1993 | 32 | — | #3,446 |
| 1992 | 27 | — | #3,897 |
| 1991 | 31 | — | #3,466 |
| 1990 | 22 | — | #4,416 |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #3,272 |
| 1988 | 24 | — | #3,826 |
| 1987 | 24 | — | #3,650 |
| 1986 | 26 | — | #3,379 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | #4,509 |
| 1984 | 28 | — | #3,101 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | #4,946 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | #4,217 |
| 1981 | 28 | — | #3,088 |
| 1980 | 21 | — | #3,750 |
| 1979 | 24 | — | #3,370 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #2,889 |
| 1977 | 21 | — | #3,515 |
| 1976 | 11 | — | #5,317 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | #3,673 |
| 1974 | 23 | — | #3,033 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #5,701 |
| 1972 | 30 | — | #2,412 |
| 1971 | 27 | — | #2,684 |
| 1970 | 26 | — | #2,725 |
| 1969 | 32 | — | #2,267 |
| 1968 | 26 | — | #2,447 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | #2,392 |
| 1966 | 31 | — | #2,109 |
| 1965 | 40 | — | #1,809 |
| 1964 | 41 | — | #1,842 |
| 1963 | 48 | — | #1,656 |
| 1962 | 48 | — | #1,634 |
| 1961 | 57 | — | #1,484 |
| 1960 | 68 | — | #1,340 |
| 1959 | 53 | — | #1,482 |
| 1958 | 55 | — | #1,439 |
| 1957 | 65 | — | #1,316 |
| 1956 | 80 | — | #1,163 |
| 1955 | 89 | — | #1,071 |
| 1954 | 76 | — | #1,135 |
| 1953 | 100 | — | #946 |
| 1952 | 121 | — | #832 |
| 1951 | 110 | — | #856 |
| 1950 | 87 | — | #973 |
| 1949 | 125 | — | #772 |
| 1948 | 129 | — | #748 |
| 1947 | 131 | — | #749 |
| 1946 | 155 | — | #633 |
| 1945 | 121 | — | #676 |
| 1944 | 162 | — | #576 |
| 1943 | 204 | — | #524 |
| 1942 | 262 | — | #458 |
| 1941 | 255 | — | #430 |
| 1940 | 285 | — | #407 |
| 1939 | 267 | — | #413 |
| 1938 | 301 | — | #385 |
| 1937 | 298 | — | #373 |
| 1936 | 340 | — | #339 |
| 1935 | 354 | — | #336 |
| 1934 | 409 | — | #310 |
| 1933 | 441 | — | #288 |
| 1932 | 378 | — | #326 |
| 1931 | 465 | — | #289 |
| 1930 | 509 | — | #296 |
| 1929 | 527 | — | #281 |
| 1928 | 523 | — | #287 |
| 1927 | 604 | — | #269 |
| 1926 | 607 | — | #271 |
| 1925 | 542 | — | #287 |
| 1924 | 595 | — | #268 |
| 1923 | 556 | — | #273 |
| 1922 | 539 | — | #277 |
| 1921 | 612 | — | #269 |
| 1920 | 656 | — | #257 |
| 1919 | 589 | — | #263 |
| 1918 | 571 | — | #265 |
| 1917 | 548 | — | #265 |
| 1916 | 580 | — | #252 |
| 1915 | 508 | — | #259 |
| 1914 | 358 | — | #275 |
| 1913 | 279 | — | #281 |
| 1912 | 268 | — | #275 |
| 1911 | 176 | — | #295 |
| 1910 | 133 | — | #344 |
| 1909 | 116 | — | #336 |
| 1908 | 91 | — | #378 |
| 1907 | 100 | — | #355 |
| 1906 | 69 | — | #411 |
| 1905 | 61 | — | #430 |
| 1904 | 52 | — | #453 |
| 1903 | 40 | — | #505 |
| 1902 | 34 | — | #562 |
| 1901 | 41 | — | #469 |
| 1900 | 52 | — | #470 |
| 1899 | 27 | — | #597 |
| 1898 | 39 | — | #494 |
| 1897 | 34 | — | #500 |
| 1896 | 34 | — | #507 |
| 1895 | 24 | — | #628 |
| 1894 | 27 | — | #562 |
| 1893 | 34 | — | #457 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | #771 |
| 1891 | 20 | — | #595 |
| 1890 | 23 | — | #552 |
| 1889 | 24 | — | #519 |
| 1888 | 21 | — | #554 |
| 1887 | 11 | — | #704 |
| 1886 | 16 | — | #559 |
| 1885 | 18 | — | #508 |
| 1884 | 13 | — | #593 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | #770 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | #609 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | #642 |
| 1880 | 9 | — | #596 |