# Eleanore (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eleanore/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,724 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 18,724 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 149, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 3,366 |
| 2012 | 42 | 3,732 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,778 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2,565 |
| 2015 | 90 | 2,129 |
| 2016 | 87 | 2,211 |
| 2017 | 100 | 1,980 |
| 2018 | 104 | 1,917 |
| 2019 | 100 | 1,951 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,834 |
| 2021 | 98 | 1,982 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,875 |
| 2023 | 126 | 1,648 |
| 2024 | 143 | 1,513 |
| 2025 | 156 | 1,398 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Eleanore

- Eleanore Griffin, American screenwriter (1904-1995)
- Eleanore Whitney, American actress (1917-1983)
- Kelly Madison, American pornographic actress, director and producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.