# Elinor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elinor/  
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 | 21,640 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 21,640 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,600, 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 | 99 | 1,987 |
| 2012 | 134 | 1,614 |
| 2013 | 120 | 1,728 |
| 2014 | 144 | 1,520 |
| 2015 | 165 | 1,410 |
| 2016 | 171 | 1,374 |
| 2017 | 165 | 1,392 |
| 2018 | 159 | 1,406 |
| 2019 | 162 | 1,386 |
| 2020 | 144 | 1,487 |
| 2021 | 172 | 1,313 |
| 2022 | 176 | 1,339 |
| 2023 | 164 | 1,374 |
| 2024 | 146 | 1,492 |
| 2025 | 142 | 1,502 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 973 |
| 2012 | 38 | 955 |
| 2013 | 32 | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 30 | 1,155 |
| 2015 | 37 | 965 |
| 2016 | 43 | 861 |
| 2017 | 33 | 1,063 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 35 | 996 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

## People named Elinor

- Elinor Ostrom, American political economist (1933-2012)
- Elinor Glyn, British novelist and scriptwriter (1864-1943)
- Elinor Donahue, actress
- Elinor Wylie, American poet (1885-1928)
- Elinor Fair, American actress (1903–1957)
- Elinor Byrns, American lawyer, pacifist, feminist
- Elinor Remick Warren, American composer (1900-1991)
- Elinor Ross, American singer (1926-2020)
- Elinor Field, American actress (1902-1998)
- Elinor Smith, American aviator (1911-2010)
- Elinor Burkett, American journalist
- Elle Purrier St. Pierre, American middle- and long-distance runner

## 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.