Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Eleanor

#118 most common girls' name of all time · #223 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#118
Rank overall
#223 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
337,323
Since 2016
64,625
Peak year
1920 #25
Best rank
#12 2025
Girls Boys peak 8,507/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Eleanor is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7,649 5 7,654 #12
2024 7,147 10 7,157 #14
2023 6,765 6 6,771 #14
2022 6,927 6 6,933 #16
2021 7,099 5 7,104 #15
2020 6,379 6,379 #22
2019 6,198 7 6,205 #27
2018 5,728 5 5,733 #32
2017 5,549 5,549 #36
2016 5,140 5,140 #41
2015 4,442 4,442 #60
2014 3,740 3,740 #78
2013 3,013 3,013 #106
2012 2,383 2,383 #134
2011 2,085 2,085 #150
2010 1,851 1,851 #166
2009 1,486 5 1,491 #218
2008 1,343 1,343 #255
2007 1,272 1,272 #266
2006 1,221 1,221 #269
2005 1,237 1,237 #264
2004 1,063 1,063 #301
2003 1,007 1,007 #308
2002 961 961 #319
2001 826 826 #359
2000 771 771 #375
1999 688 688 #404
1998 720 720 #386
1997 537 537 #465
1996 487 487 #490
1995 437 437 #543
1994 390 390 #585
1993 445 445 #537
1992 395 395 #585
1991 394 394 #583
1990 378 378 #599
1989 357 7 364 #600
1988 309 309 #642
1987 290 290 #648
1986 263 263 #692
1985 270 270 #670
1984 244 244 #688
1983 263 263 #656
1982 265 265 #669
1981 270 270 #656
1980 258 258 #676
1979 276 276 #630
1978 269 269 #624
1977 228 228 #688
1976 257 257 #609
1975 234 234 #650
1974 228 228 #665
1973 266 266 #591
1972 301 301 #552
1971 325 325 #554
1970 366 366 #522
1969 359 359 #518
1968 408 408 #475
1967 443 443 #451
1966 473 473 #431
1965 603 603 #372
1964 648 648 #377
1963 667 667 #376
1962 763 763 #341
1961 749 749 #348
1960 825 825 #328
1959 865 865 #315
1958 864 864 #305
1957 962 962 #292
1956 1,044 1,044 #263
1955 1,043 1,043 #257
1954 1,117 1,117 #242
1953 1,254 7 1,261 #227
1952 1,249 1,249 #219
1951 1,296 1,296 #210
1950 1,371 1,371 #199
1949 1,517 1,517 #183
1948 1,664 1,664 #169
1947 1,853 1,853 #158
1946 1,933 6 1,939 #140
1945 1,876 1,876 #130
1944 2,190 11 2,201 #122
1943 2,729 9 2,738 #107
1942 3,165 11 3,176 #87
1941 3,250 17 3,267 #78
1940 3,584 22 3,606 #68
1939 3,810 17 3,827 #63
1938 4,049 21 4,070 #60
1937 4,275 16 4,291 #53
1936 4,341 22 4,363 #47
1935 4,166 21 4,187 #48
1934 4,718 13 4,731 #44
1933 5,106 12 5,118 #38
1932 4,836 15 4,851 #45
1931 5,255 30 5,285 #40
1930 5,823 26 5,849 #39
1929 5,865 20 5,885 #38
1928 6,535 29 6,564 #36
1927 6,963 31 6,994 #33
1926 7,305 19 7,324 #32
1925 7,724 19 7,743 #31
1924 8,193 24 8,217 #29
1923 7,772 16 7,788 #28
1922 7,852 22 7,874 #28
1921 8,054 14 8,068 #29
1920 8,497 10 8,507 #25
1919 7,611 10 7,621 #30
1918 8,176 11 8,187 #26
1917 7,669 13 7,682 #26
1916 7,406 10 7,416 #27
1915 7,036 15 7,051 #28
1914 5,374 12 5,386 #28
1913 3,938 7 3,945 #34
1912 3,120 6 3,126 #39
1911 2,035 6 2,041 #49
1910 1,798 5 1,803 #55
1909 1,460 1,460 #57
1908 1,302 9 1,311 #65
1907 1,155 1,155 #67
1906 1,088 5 1,093 #67
1905 1,041 1,041 #73
1904 868 868 #80
1903 840 840 #79
1902 837 837 #79
1901 686 686 #84
1900 753 753 #88
1899 575 575 #94
1898 620 620 #95
1897 559 559 #95
1896 493 493 #102
1895 544 544 #98
1894 450 450 #108
1893 397 397 #111
1892 389 389 #116
1891 376 376 #104
1890 351 351 #117
1889 312 312 #124
1888 288 288 #128
1887 247 247 #122
1886 271 271 #114
1885 222 222 #119
1884 198 198 #125
1883 185 185 #114
1882 174 174 #118
1881 110 110 #142
1880 129 129 #127