Elner is a rare variant of Elinor that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Elner is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1950. Elner first appears in 1904 and peaked in 1920 (20 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,528 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,479 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,552 | — |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #5,160 | — |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #2,972 | — |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,872 | — |
| 1941 | 11 | — | #2,723 | — |
| 1940 | 9 | — | #3,031 | — |
| 1938 | 13 | — | #2,369 | — |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,547 | — |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #2,183 | — |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,332 | — |
| 1933 | 11 | — | #2,584 | — |
| 1932 | 8 | — | #3,367 | — |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #4,014 | — |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,439 | — |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,478 | — |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,829 | — |
| 1927 | 16 | — | #2,282 | — |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #2,284 | — |
| 1925 | 13 | — | #2,656 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | — | #4,125 | — |
| 1923 | 22 | — | #2,198 | #4,414 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | #2,313 | — |
| 1921 | 18 | — | #2,146 | — |
| 1920 | 20 | — | #1,970 | — |
| 1919 | 12 | — | #2,696 | — |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,416 | — |
| 1917 | 13 | — | #2,457 | — |
| 1916 | 15 | — | #2,165 | — |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #2,967 | — |
| 1914 | 12 | — | #2,045 | — |
| 1913 | 12 | — | #1,801 | — |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #2,208 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,525 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,970 | — |