Elinore

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births

Peak · girls
1911 · 40 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,370
since 1887

Elinore over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elinore has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #686, 1911girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,13315
2024#6,39418
2023#6,40918
2022#7,28115
2021#8,46412
2020#7,96913
2019#6,41418
2018#9,80610
2017#7,09216
2016#10,11310
2015#7,61315
2014#7,63615
2013#6,72918
2012#10,42910
2011#14,8246
2010#9,79011
2009#17,2945
2008#11,5999
2007—
2006#9,90111
2005#13,0107
2004—
2003#9,67110
2002—
2001#12,0567
2000—
1999#8,80510
1998#14,1225
1997#12,0706
1996#13,5185
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992#11,7386
1991#7,43011
1990—
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1978#6,9488
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1960#5,1687
1959#4,3009
1958#4,8907
1957—
1956#5,9525
1955#4,3768
1954#4,2788
1953#3,68710
1952#4,1238
1951—
1950#3,23511
1949#3,17611
1948#3,13711
1947#3,7069
1946#2,59714
1945#2,23715
1944#2,09617
1943#1,99419
1942#1,70624
1941#1,38431
1940#1,37430
1939#1,29133
1938#1,34330
1937#1,38928
1936#1,09641
1935#1,30731
1934#1,23633
1933#1,36428
1932#1,34630
1931#1,09242
1930#1,07247
1929#95157
1928#98357
1927#81780
1926#1,00455
1925#89568
1924#77792
1923#79384
1922#79883
1921#75793
1920#85072
1919#80077
1918#74392
1917#71394
1916#77578
1915#79868
1914#72662
1913#82341
1912#1,03225
1911#68640
1910#1,03018
1909#1,36910
1908#1,13513
1907#1,3849
1906#1,22910
1905#1,16211
1904#1,4867
1903#1,02712
1902#1,7935
1901#1,6795
1900—
1899#1,5965
1898—
1897#1,5555
1896#1,2927
1895—
1894#1,1368
1893—
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1890—
1889#1,2795
1888—
1887#1,1475
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1880—
First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Elinore! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Elinore is popular in 1916

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedMNIllinois: #519 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,275 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedMINew York: #444 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,543 girlsNYMassachusetts: #358 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,545 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedIAIndiana: #397 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,742 girlsINOhio: #448 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,854 girlsOHPennsylvania: #480 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,158 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Elinore, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#358 · 1 in 5,545
  2. Indiana#397 · 1 in 4,742
  3. New York#444 · 1 in 8,543
  4. Ohio#448 · 1 in 6,854
  5. Pennsylvania#480 · 1 in 11,158

Best ever in a state: #221 in Connecticut, 1924.

Show every state
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Massachusetts#35861 in 5,545
Indiana#39751 in 4,742
New York#444111 in 8,543
Ohio#44871 in 6,854
Pennsylvania#48081 in 11,158
Illinois#51971 in 8,275
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Elinore
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 739 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #7,133)
  • 836 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #7,133)
  • 480 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #7,133)
  • Biggest jump: 344 spots in 1911 (#1,030 → #686)
  • Biggest drop: 346 spots in 1912 (#686 → #1,032)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1911 at #686 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1943, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1913–1925
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,458
  • Highest: 1 in 10,458 girls born in 1911 were named Elinore (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 31.3% of all girls named Elinore (741) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#1,147 (1887)#1,213
1890s25#1,136 (1894)#1,395
1900s82#1,027 (1903)#1,363
1910s595#686 (1911)#813
1920s741#757 (1921)#863
1930s343#1,072 (1930)#1,254
1940s181#1,374 (1940)#2,341
1950s66#3,235 (1950)#4,355
1960s7#5,168 (1960)#5,168
1970s8#6,948 (1978)#6,948
1980s0——
1990s43#7,430 (1991)#11,281
2000s49#9,671 (2003)#12,255
2010s129#6,414 (2019)#9,045
2020s91#6,394 (2024)#7,275

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elinore in 1916

girls
#775
78 births · 1 in 13,389 girls

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #775Elinore78
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 13,389 of them was named Elinore, which outranked 85.0% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elinore
  1. #769Fae79
  2. #769Lavonne79
  3. #769Yvette79
  4. #775Elinore78
  5. #775Elisa78
  6. #775Lavinia78
  7. #775Nathalie78
  8. #782Emogene77
  9. #782Joseph77
  10. #782Letitia77

Tied with 6 names at #775; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 567Trinidad#1,317 → #750
  2. ↑ 388Coral#1,367 → #979
  3. ↑ 377Coletta#1,317 → #940
  4. ↑ 370Clifford#1,285 → #915
  5. ↑ 327Maida#1,231 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Louis#934 → #1,298
  2. ↓ 354Herminia#944 → #1,298
  3. ↓ 346Gertha#900 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 344Lahoma#934 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 310Hassie#900 → #1,210

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1916 →