How Many People Are Named Elanor?
people named Elanor are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 213,082 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,930 babies named Elanor in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
129 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "star sun" in Sindarin. In 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien this is Sam's eldest daughter, named after a type of flower.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elanor in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elanor alive today is about 15 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elanor first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2023, to 129 babies. In 2025, 127 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elanor has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,618, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #1,635.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,635 |
| Best rank | #1,618 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,859 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elanor alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elanor were born in Texas than in any other state: about 62 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elanor was given 1.4 times as often in Texas and 1.2 times in California.
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