Boy or Girl

Is Eleanore a boy or girl name?

Eleanore is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 142 girls and 0 boys were named Eleanore, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 18,567 US babies named Eleanore were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#1,515
Babies named Eleanore since 1880
18,567
Most popular year
1921
768 babies
Babies named Eleanore each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Eleanore from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Eleanore, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s0107100%
1890s0278100%
1900s0613100%
1910s04,807100%
1920s06,319100%
1930s02,628100%
1940s0963100%
1950s0434100%
1960s0198100%
1970s0138100%
1980s0139100%
1990s0215100%
2000s0386100%
2010s0761100%
2020s0581100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–142#1,515
20230–126#1,648
20220–108#1,874
20210–98#1,982
20200–107#1,834
20190–100#1,949
20180–104#1,917
20170–100#1,980
20160–87#2,211
20150–90#2,129
20140–69#2,564
20130–62#2,777
20120–42#3,732
20110–48#3,366
20100–59#2,914
20090–54#3,132
20080–50#3,338
20070–43#3,734
20060–40#3,812
20050–41#3,604
20040–26#4,976
20030–42#3,429
20020–24#4,947
20010–26#4,596
20000–40#3,351
19990–30#3,914
19980–28#4,061
19970–20#5,078
19960–25#4,221
19950–17#5,511
19940–19#5,085
19930–28#3,808
19920–16#5,801
19910–21#4,696
19900–11#7,460
19890–22#4,281
19880–11#6,784
19870–16#4,912
19860–15#5,025
19850–13#5,442
19840–10#6,428
19830–6#9,358
19820–11#6,045
19810–14#5,044
19800–21#3,750
19790–21#3,697
19780–13#5,004
19770–12#5,285
19760–12#4,966
19750–13#4,664
19740–11#5,097
19730–7#6,865
19720–19#3,309
19710–9#5,657
19700–21#3,141
19690–14#3,833
19680–16#3,363
19670–11#4,112
19660–9#4,597
19650–10#4,282
19640–20#2,850
19630–27#2,318
19620–26#2,373
19610–36#1,931
19600–29#2,160
19590–33#1,954
19580–31#1,994
19570–42#1,660
19560–41#1,666
19550–37#1,706
19540–52#1,397
19530–44#1,477
19520–53#1,322
19510–44#1,418
19500–57#1,226
19490–66#1,113
19480–50#1,301
19470–70#1,060
19460–71#1,000
19450–69#906
19440–70#919
19430–113#727
19420–148#615
19410–138#601
19400–168#529
19390–180#497
19380–192#480
19370–215#450
19360–254#399
19350–238#419
19340–259#406
19330–278#386
19320–326#352
19310–324#358
19300–362#345
19290–387#330
19280–454#309
19270–535#288
19260–613#269
19250–653#260
19240–719#248
19230–729#240
19220–724#242
19210–768#235
19200–737#240
19190–737#233
19180–761#228
19170–708#231
19160–724#225
19150–570#248
19140–438#250
19130–313#261
19120–253#287
19110–159#313
19100–144#317
19090–88#390
19080–91#377
19070–71#424
19060–67#417
19050–56#452
19040–66#400
19030–52#444
19020–42#486
19010–43#453
19000–37#570
18990–28#579
18980–46#451
18970–33#514
18960–31#538
18950–22#664
18940–28#547
18930–24#580
18920–22#598
18910–23#546
18900–21#574
18890–10#856
18880–18#596
18870–15#595
18860–8#853
18850–12#637
18840–8#808
18830–11#595
18820–7#763
18810–5#858
18800–13#476

Highest rank

Eleanore has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #225 in 1916. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1920s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Eleanore

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.