girls:
2.2k births since 1883
#3666 (36th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1883
#5588 (28th percentile)
The name Elenor is the #5,588 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,204 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 27.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,666 (35.8% percentile) for all time with 2,204 births since 1883.
Elenor first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (first recorded for girls in 1883). Birth data for Elenor is available in 115 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Elenor reached its peak popularity in 1921, achieving the 10.3% percentile (ranked #543) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 1884, with 80 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2008, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Elenor ranks #920 for girls (2.9% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 22.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Elenor".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Elenor. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.8% confident that Elenor is pronounced as EH-luh-ner, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-luh-nor, at 26.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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