Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Eleanore

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
Light, Mercy
Light

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Eleanore

Pronunciation

e-leano-re, ele(a)-nore

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1921 (rank #235, 768 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1396, 156 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025156
2024142
2023126
2022108
202198
2020107
2019100
2018104
2017100
201687

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 1996 (rank #1005, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4200, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20255
20246
20237
2022–
20216
20205
2019–
20185
20174
20163

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 2019 (rank #270, 241 births); most recent 2023 (rank #299, 202 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023202
2022204
2021211
2020220
2019241
2018205
2017178
2016130
2015163
2014114

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 British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1937 (rank #174, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence