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Eleanor Magnetic • Loving • Persistent
Eleanor Magnetic • Loving • Persistent
Magnetic • Loving • Persistent
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Derived From French, It Was Used In 2 Of Jane Austen's Celebrated Novels: Northanger Abbey And Sense And Sensibility (as Elinor).
Most notorious bearer: the First lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Common nicknames: Ellie and Nellie.
Eleanor Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
0.2%
Male
99.8%
Female
Eleanor is predominantly a girls name, with 99.8% of Eleanors being girls, and 0.2% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 601 males named Eleanor, and 297523 females given the name
Popularity of Eleanor by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Eleanor in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Eleanor: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Eleanor' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Eleanor in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Eleanor's average ranking is 829.1, with it's highest ever rank being #. Eleanor has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 67 times.
Eleanor has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 298124 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Eleanor gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1914, when it's usage went up by 109.54%. During this year, 5374 babies were named Eleanor, which was 0.392% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.397%, in this year alone more than 8000 girls were named Eleanor.
Popular 'E' Names - Girls
| Name | 'E-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | 1. | 27. | 10926 | 0.302% |
| Evelyn | 2. | 38. | 10060 | 0.278% |
| Elizabeth | 3. | 45. | 9493 | 0.262% |
| Ella | 4. | 60. | 7866 | 0.217% |
| Eleanor | 5. | 116. | 5100 | 0.141% |
| Ellie | 6. | 120. | 5045 | 0.139% |
| Eva | 7. | 176. | 3777 | 0.104% |
| Eliana | 8. | 221. | 3185 | 0.088% |
| Elena | 9. | 223. | 3168 | 0.088% |
| Emilia | 10. | 237. | 3019 | 0.083% |
| Everly | 11. | 249. | 2873 | 0.079% |
| Emery | 12. | 294. | 2410 | 0.067% |
| Eden | 13. | 340. | 2068 | 0.057% |
| Emerson | 14. | 365. | 1947 | 0.054% |
| Elise | 15. | 371. | 1905 | 0.053% |
| Eliza | 16. | 383. | 1851 | 0.051% |
| Esther | 17. | 397. | 1789 | 0.049% |
| Eloise | 18. | 450. | 1554 | 0.043% |
| Evangeline | 19. | 513. | 1324 | 0.037% |
| Elliana | 20. | 533. | 1257 | 0.035% |