How Many People Are Named Eleonor?
people named Eleonor are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 631,764 people in the US has this name
Based on 790 babies named Eleonor in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
65 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Swedish variant of ELEANOR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Eleonor in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eleonor alive today is about 16 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eleonor first appears in the records in 1909, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 65 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eleonor has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,935, in 1914. In 2025 it ranked #2,659.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,659 |
| Best rank | #1,935 (1914) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,808 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eleonor alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eleonor were born in California than in any other state: about 53 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eleonor was given 3.6 times as often in Texas and 3.5 times in California.
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