Name profile

Elinor

This name is a variant of Eleanor.

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈɛl.ə.nɔɹ/; British English /ˈɛl.ə.nɔː/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#1,500

Meaning and history

Elinor is a variant of Eleanor.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 75 births, rank #2,459
2007: 83 births, rank #2,311
2008: 102 births, rank #2,032
2009: 96 births, rank #2,102
2010: 105 births, rank #1,913
20112011: 99 births, rank #1,982
2012: 134 births, rank #1,612
2013: 120 births, rank #1,725
2014: 144 births, rank #1,519
2015: 165 births, rank #1,409
20162016: 171 births, rank #1,371
2017: 165 births, rank #1,392
2018: 159 births, rank #1,406
2019: 162 births, rank #1,383
2020: 144 births, rank #1,485
20212021: 172 births, rank #1,312
2022: 176 births, rank #1,336
2023: 164 births, rank #1,373
2024: 146 births, rank #1,492
20252025: 142 births, rank #1,500

Elinor moved from #832 to #946 for girls between 1952 and 1953. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 656 births.