Eleanor

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Eleanor: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Eleanor: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #18 in 1999, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
141times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#18highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for
25names it appears alongside

What stands out in Eleanor's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 30 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 2,747 births with the name in 1997, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 29 years. Names by sustained share

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#22
1997	#20
1998	#19
1999	#18
2000	#25
2001	#27
2002	#26
2003	#29
2004	#29
2005	#43
2006	#42
2007	#49
2008	#54
2009	#56
2010	#61
2011	#59
2012	#63
2013	#57
2014	#60
2015	#54
2016	#47
2017	#54
2018	#51
2019	#52
2020	#53
2021	#55
2022	#62
2023	#58
2024	#67

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #31 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #106 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #98 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #18 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #31 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Eleanor appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 2,762 births with the name.

Eleanor across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Eleanor's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#98 (1964)	#93 (1968)	#106 (2025)	62 of 62	2,762 (1964–2025)	74 (1968)
England and Wales · Girls	#22 (1996)	#18 (1999)	#67 (2024)	29 of 29	40,576 (1996–2024)	2,747 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#204 (1997)	#139 (2021)	#150 (2024)	28 of 28	217 (1997–2024)	17 (2021)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#81 (2014)	#31 (2025)	#31 (2025)	12 of 12	1,657 (2014–2025)	169 (2025)
New Zealand · Girls	#90 (2015)	#50 (2022)	#52 (2023)	9 of 9	517 (2015–2023)	73 (2022)

Eleanor by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Eleanor in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	360	6 of 10	60
1970sbusiest	617	10 of 10	62
1980s	449	10 of 10	45
1990s	370	10 of 10	37
2000s	352	10 of 10	35
2010s	388	10 of 10	39
2020s	226	6 of 10	38

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 62 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Eleanor appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in England and Wales in 1999.

Eleanor's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#67	672	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#58	762	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#62	788	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#55	915	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#53	900	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#52	971	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#51	985	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#54	1,027	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#47	1,147	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#54	1,105	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#60	1,049	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#57	1,039	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#63	989	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#59	1,049	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#61	995	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#56	1,087	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#54	1,151	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#49	1,235	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#42	1,388	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#43	1,328	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#29	1,683	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#29	1,838	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#26	1,942	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#27	1,940	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#25	2,080	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#18	2,485	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#19	2,724	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#20	2,747	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#22	2,555	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#31	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	165	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	157	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	154	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	155	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#52	65	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#50	73	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#69	61	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#69	54	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#64	64	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#92	45	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#79	52	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#79	53	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#90	50	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#150	13	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#139	17	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#213	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#195	10	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#157	13	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#265	6	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#169	10	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#204	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	44	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	36	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	37	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	41	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	34	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	34	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	40	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	39	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	44	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#145	39	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	33	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	30	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	40	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	37	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	43	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	43	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	41	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	31	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	40	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#178	26	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	40	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	32	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#113	45	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	36	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	30	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	31	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	37	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	30	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	36	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	42	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	41	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	44	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	35	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	37	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	29	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	39	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	36	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	31	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	38	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	30	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	33	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	45	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	60	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	59	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	62	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	55	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	64	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	52	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	68	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	68	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#123	59	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	68	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	61	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	71	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	56	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	50	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#122	53	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	74	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	55	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	56	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	58	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	64	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#113	39	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #18, first reached in 1999.

It held a top-100 place in 32 years, 30 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,747 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Eleah · #166, 19y
Eleana · #1072, 29y
Eleanor-Rose · #2367, 18y
Eleanora · #952, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brendan · #16, 62y
Katrina · #16, 63y
Bruce · #15, 61y
Denis · #21, 66y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Kine · #18, 57y
Abigail · #19, 54y
Ashley · #17, 62y
Audrey · #19, 62y

Comparisons involving Eleanor

Existing comparison pages where Eleanor and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Eleanor in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Danielle vs Eleanor
In 1996 they stood at #20 and #22 in England and Wales · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2024 they were #934 and #67.
Danielle · Eleanor · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Eleanor vs Janet
In 1964 they stood at #98 and #106 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 8 places apart; by 2018 they were #142 and #896.
Eleanor · Janet · 43 shared years, 1964–2018 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2018 Republic of Ireland ranking
Samantha vs Eleanor
In 1996 they stood at #32 and #22 in England and Wales · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2024 they were #670 and #67.
Samantha · Eleanor · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Eleanor within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Emma vs Eleanor
Across 29 shared years in England and Wales · Girls, Emma and Eleanor averaged 8.6 places apart, ending at #69 and #67.
Emma · Eleanor · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Elizabeth vs Eleanor
Across 29 shared years in England and Wales · Girls, Elizabeth and Eleanor averaged 9.2 places apart, ending at #62 and #67.
Elizabeth · Eleanor · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Eleanor and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Scarlett vs Eleanor
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Eleanor moved into the top 50 at #34 in 2023 as Scarlett fell out of it to #51, having been #34 the year before.
Scarlett · Eleanor · 12 shared years, 2014–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2023 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Isla vs Eleanor
In England and Wales · Girls, Isla moved into the top 50 at #36 in 2008 as Eleanor fell out of it to #54, having been #49 the year before.
Isla · Eleanor · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2008 England and Wales ranking

Compared inside England and Wales lists

Pairs involving Eleanor measured in England and Wales's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Eleanor at its highest position.

Jade vs Eleanor
In 1996 they stood at #19 and #22 in England and Wales · Girls, 3 places apart; by 2024 they were #638 and #67.
Jade · Eleanor · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Katie vs Eleanor
In 1996 they stood at #12 and #22 in England and Wales · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2024 they were #547 and #67.
Katie · Eleanor · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Bethany vs Eleanor
In 1996 they stood at #13 and #22 in England and Wales · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2024 they were #539 and #67.
Bethany · Eleanor · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

England and Wales overview→

Eleanor was ranked #18 in England and Wales · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Eleanor and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Eleanor without appearing here.

Eleanor moved ahead of

Deborah Compare
In 2011 they stood at #419 and #419 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #203 and #451.
Fiona Compare
In 2011 they stood at #311 and #246 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #203 and #451.
Michelle Compare
In 2011 they stood at #311 and #277 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #203 and #451.
Christina Compare
In 2014 they stood at #314 and #278 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #195 and #426.

Moved ahead of Eleanor

Sadie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #203 and #229 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #255 and #141.
Nina Compare
In 2012 they stood at #203 and #297 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #255 and #167.
Heidi Compare
In 2005 they stood at #209 and #278 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #265 and #184.
Thea Compare
In 2012 they stood at #203 and #451 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #255 and #178.

Moved the opposite way to Eleanor

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eleanor went from #22 to #67 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eleanor went from #22 to #67 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eleanor went from #22 to #67 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eleanor went from #22 to #67 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Eleanor

Renee Compare
Between 1966 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eleanor went from #109 to #172 and Renee from #380 to #751.
Gail Compare
Between 1964 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Eleanor went from #98 to #140 and Gail from #245 to #677.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eleanor went from #22 to #67 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Eleanor went from #22 to #67 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #18 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Eleanor

Eleanor at a glance

What stands out in Eleanor's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Eleanor across 5 official records

Eleanor by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eleanor appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Eleanor

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside England and Wales lists

Names published alongside Eleanor

Eleanor and the names beside it

Eleanor moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eleanor

Moved the opposite way to Eleanor

Moved the same way as Eleanor

Eleanor at a glance

What stands out in Eleanor's record

Eleanor across 5 official records

Eleanor by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Eleanor appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Eleanor

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside England and Wales lists

Names published alongside Eleanor

Eleanor and the names beside it

Eleanor moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Eleanor

Moved the opposite way to Eleanor

Moved the same way as Eleanor