Eleanor
Eleanor ranks #12 in the United States in 2025, holding steady. Its high-water mark came in 1920, which makes it a grandparent-generation name enjoying its afterlife.
What Eleanor carries
Eleanor · Greek
“light”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Eleanor’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Eleanor, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Eleanor since 1880
Eleanor peaked in 1920 at #25; #12 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Eleanor is most common
The state that gives Eleanor most often, per girls born there, is Vermont (2.67% in 2025); Wyoming and District of Columbia are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Eleanor
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Margaret
#112 in 2025 · Greek
Elena
#42 in 2025 · Greek
George
#126 in 2025 · Greek
Leon
#138 in 2025 · Greek
Sebastian
#16 in 2025 · Greek
Evelyn
#8 in 2025 · Latin
Theodore
#4 in 2025 · Greek
Nicholas
#112 in 2025 · Greek
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About Eleanor
How common is Eleanor today?
Eleanor ranks #12 in the United States in 2025, holding steady. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Eleanor mean?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “light”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Eleanor?
Margaret, Elena and George sit nearest to Eleanor on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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