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.

Eleonor

#8,235 most common girls' name of all time · #13,764 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1909–2025

Rank among girls
#8,235
Rank overall
#13,764 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
790
Since 2016
320
Peak year
2025 #2,656
Best rank
#1,994 1914
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
192019401960198020002020

Eleonor first appears in 1909. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 65 65 #2,656
2024 50 50 #3,182
2023 43 43 #3,596
2022 32 32 #4,395
2021 28 28 #4,732
2020 16 16 #6,946
2019 22 22 #5,646
2018 26 26 #5,022
2017 22 22 #5,680
2016 16 16 #7,276
2015 12 12 #8,975
2014 21 21 #6,016
2013 9 9 #11,068
2012 10 10 #10,493
2011 13 13 #8,665
2010 7 7 #13,528
2009 7 7 #13,783
2008 7 7 #13,916
2007 5 5 #17,769
2006 8 8 #12,486
2005 6 6 #14,610
2004 8 8 #11,702
1998 8 8 #10,198
1997 6 6 #12,183
1992 5 5 #13,466
1991 5 5 #13,306
1990 8 8 #9,337
1989 7 7 #9,781
1986 5 5 #11,069
1983 5 5 #10,428
1982 8 8 #7,554
1979 5 5 #10,364
1978 5 5 #9,918
1964 6 6 #6,164
1962 5 5 #6,769
1959 6 6 #5,709
1951 5 5 #5,603
1947 8 8 #4,134
1942 5 5 #4,855
1941 5 5 #4,630
1940 5 5 #4,576
1939 7 7 #3,570
1938 7 7 #3,613
1936 8 8 #3,246
1934 5 5 #4,511
1933 5 5 #4,434
1931 7 7 #3,650
1930 8 8 #3,504
1929 7 7 #3,833
1928 15 15 #2,343
1927 12 12 #2,791
1926 10 10 #3,158
1925 14 14 #2,570
1924 11 11 #3,055
1923 11 11 #3,034
1922 12 12 #2,892
1921 13 13 #2,712
1920 15 15 #2,428
1919 9 9 #3,337
1918 12 12 #2,762
1917 12 12 #2,643
1916 17 17 #2,022
1915 5 5 #4,496
1914 13 13 #1,994
1912 5 5 #3,244
1909 5 5 #2,490