Elnora

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1935 at #3,645
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 60 births
Debut · girls
42 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,363
since 1880

Elnora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elnora has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #221, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617—
2024#5,44323—
2023#4,19134—
2022#5,17225—
2021#5,74821—
2020#7,55914—
2019#6,17619—
2018#10,5459—
2017#4,69529—
2016#6,18620—
2015#6,23620—
2014#8,05314—
2013#9,61211—
2012#6,87218—
2011#8,61413—
2010#10,45110—
2009#10,67910—
2008#11,5999—
2007#10,81810—
2006#10,61110—
2005#13,0107—
2004#8,71612—
2003#12,4087—
2002#12,1877—
2001#15,3525—
2000#11,8017—
1999#11,3857—
1998#10,1228—
1997#13,7245—
1996#8,8129—
1995#10,5147—
1994#7,09712—
1993#8,7199—
1992#6,31414—
1991#5,94915—
1990#7,30311—
1989#7,44910—
1988#4,17221—
1987#4,66017—
1986#4,72416—
1985#5,07714—
1984#4,47816—
1983#3,94919—
1982#4,02519—
1981#3,14727—
1980#3,50623—
1979#3,44223—
1978#4,24216—
1977#4,42515—
1976#3,67818—
1975#2,45632—
1974#2,75726—
1973#2,83024—
1972#2,17335—
1971#2,37532—
1970#2,01741—
1969#2,25432—
1968#1,74945—
1967#1,82141—
1966#1,46357—
1965#1,35066—
1964#1,48258—
1963#1,39264—
1962#1,12693—
1961#1,15591—
1960#1,08199—
1959#1,047104—
1958#1,041101—
1957#942119—
1956#956111—
1955#906117—
1954#782143—
1953#730155—
1952#710157—
1951#712150—
1950#630182—
1949#585200—
1948#569214—
1947#596205—
1946#570196—
1945#499214—
1944#502205—
1943#470244—
1942#450267—
1941#433249—
1940#415275—
1939#386293—
1938#372312—
1937#361320—
1936#361306—
1935#327371#3,6455
1934#352320—
1933#345327—
1932#321398#3,7765
1931#347339—
1930#334376—
1929#320415#3,9595
1928#310452—
1927#306480#4,2105
1926#302487—
1925#286545—
1924#259639—
1923#267580—
1922#266584—
1921#268616#3,5177
1920#265607—
1919#265576—
1918#262579—
1917#261570—
1916#259550—
1915#273467—
1914#252426—
1913#250353—
1912#251315—
1911#270202—
1910#248241—
1909#243211—
1908#271170—
1907#270163—
1906#252168—
1905#227189—
1904#252155—
1903#267132—
1902#239162—
1901#277116—
1900#235182—
1899#275109—
1898#303105—
1897#31286—
1896#283106—
1895#29494—
1894#30183—
1893#30779—
1892#26698—
1891#28278—
1890#28676—
1889#27177—
1888#25482—
1887#24971—
1886#31145—
1885#26655—
1884#23864—
1883#29136—
1882#22160—
1881#22747—
1880#23842—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elnora was already there! It came in at #238, and was given to 42 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Elnora is popular in 1895

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Elnora
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,103 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #6,546)
  • 1,013 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #6,546)
  • 310 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #6,546)
  • Biggest jump: 62 spots in 1887 (#311 → #249)
  • Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1955 (#782 → #906)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #221 (60 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 91 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,543
  • Highest: 1 in 1,543 girls born in 1905 were named Elnora (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #221 in 1882, was only 1 in 1,797 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Elnora (5,405) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s579#221 (1882)#257
1890s914#266 (1892)#291
1900s1,648#227 (1905)#253
1910s4,279#248 (1910)#259
1920s5,405#259 (1924)#285
1930s3,362#321 (1932)#351
1940s2,269#415 (1940)#509
1950s1,339#630 (1950)#846
1960s646#1,081 (1960)#1,487
1970s262#2,017 (1970)#3,040
1980s182#3,147 (1981)#4,519
1990s97#5,949 (1991)#8,994
2000s84#8,716 (2004)#11,718
2010s163#4,695 (2017)#7,744
2020s134#4,191 (2023)#5,777

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.

Elnora in 1895

girls
#294
94 births · 1 in 2,485 girls

Top girls' names in 1895

  1. #1Mary13,447
  2. #2Anna5,950
  3. #3Helen4,023
  4. #4Margaret3,931
  5. #5Elizabeth3,603
  6. #6Ruth3,551
  7. #7Florence3,471
  8. #8Ethel3,391
  9. #9Marie3,011
  10. #10Emma2,952
  11. #294Elnora94
More about 1895

girls

233,627 girls got a published name in 1895; 1 in 2,485 of them was named Elnora, which outranked 83.7% of the 1,808 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elnora
  1. #288Linnie96
  2. #288Vesta96
  3. #293Cecil95
  4. #294Elnora94
  5. #294Elvira94
  6. #294Fanny94
  7. #294Mina94
  8. #298Alvina93
  9. #298Dovie93
  10. #298Lura93

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. ↑ 715Glenn#1,353 → #638
  2. ↑ 670Drusilla#1,485 → #815
  3. ↑ 670Gertha#1,485 → #815
  4. ↑ 670Lorine#1,485 → #815
  5. ↑ 627Leva#1,485 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 848Gina#744 → #1,592
  2. ↓ 848Laurel#744 → #1,592
  3. ↓ 848Pennie#744 → #1,592
  4. ↓ 810Buena#782 → #1,592
  5. ↓ 780Albertina#812 → #1,592

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

See the top 100 for 1895 →