Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Eleanor.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1906
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See the 48 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1906 | 38 |
| 1908 | 58 |
| 1910 | 26 |
| 1911 | 27 |
| 1912 | 14 |
| 1913 | 14 |
| 1914 | 18 |
| 1915 | 18 |
| 1916 | 11 |
| 1917 | 14 |
| 1918 | 11 |
| 1919 | 10 |
| 1920 | 9 |
| 1921 | 13 |
| 1922 | 20 |
| 1923 | 15 |
| 1924 | 21 |
| 1925 | 17 |
| 1926 | 17 |
| 1927 | 28 |
| 1928 | 26 |
| 1929 | 19 |
| 1930 | 24 |
| 1931 | 29 |
| 1932 | 14 |
| 1933 | 12 |
| 1934 | 13 |
| 1935 | 20 |
| 1936 | 21 |
| 1937 | 15 |
| 1938 | 19 |
| 1939 | 15 |
| 1940 | 19 |
| 1941 | 14 |
| 1942 | 8 |
| 1943 | 6 |
| 1944 | 8 |
| 1946 | 4 |
| 1953 | 4 |
| 1989 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Eleanor isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Eleanor
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 2025
- 5
- Rank in 2025
- #12,008
- How rare
- 1 in 341,615 boys
- Since 1906
- 645
Most popular in 1908, at 58 per million boys born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Eleanor doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.