Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Elanor

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
sun ray, shining light

Pronunciation

e-la-nor

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #1613, 129 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1631, 127 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025127
2024112
2023129
202299
202190
202087
201964
201853
201754
201656

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2003 (rank #1026, 23 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2137, 13 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202513
202410
202311
20227
20217
20206
20196
201810
201710
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #2145, 13 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202313
20223
20214
20204
20193
20184
20173
2016–
2015–
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #687, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence