Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Eleonor

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
sun ray, shining light

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Eleonor

Pronunciation

e-leo-nor

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #2645, 65 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
202565
202450
202343
202232
202128
202016
201922
201826
201722
201616

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 2025 (rank #3034, 8 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20258
20245
20235
20225
20214
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

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

  • Boys: peak in 1918 (rank #426, 6 births); most recent 1921 (rank #602, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #998, 43 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1577, 20 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–20
2022–24
2021–24
2020–22
2019–34
2018–23
2017–30
2016–22
2015–31
2014–32

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