Elenor

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Elenor: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 19 years, it reached #497 in 1976, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#497highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Elenor's record

Absent from every published list for 19 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#1543
1998	#1571
1999	#2444
2000	#3247
2001	#3262
2002	#2105
2003	#1628
2004	#2530
2005	#2438
2006	#2320
2007	#3667
2008	#2292
2009	#4564
2010	#3533
2011	#2432
2012	#5876
2014	#5691
2016	#4096
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2024	#5891

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 3 of the 32 years from 1973 to 2004.

In 2004: #677 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2530 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #508 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1973–2004
Highest recorded position: #497 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1976 (recorded 1973–2004).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elenor appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 23 ranked years and 141 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1973.

Elenor across 2 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.

Elenor'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	#508 (1973)	#497 (1976)	#677 (2004)	3 of 32	9 (1973–2004)	3 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#1543 (1997)	#5891 (2024)	23 of 29	141 (1996–2024)	12 (2003)

Elenor by decade in England and Wales · 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 Elenor in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	31	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	71	10 of 10	7
2010s	27	5 of 10	5
2020s	12	4 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Elenor 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 2 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #497 in Republic of Ireland in 1976.

Elenor'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1973 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #497, first reached in 1976.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 19 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 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.

Elena · #56, 77y
Eleni · #627, 29y
Eleonor · #3126, 10y
Eleonora · #544, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Eloisa · #497, 30y
Georgiana · #497, 30y
Adina · #496, 29y
Caio · #496, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Dianna · #497, 14y
Eloisa · #497, 30y
Georgiana · #497, 30y
Francine · #492, 29y

Elenor was ranked #497 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1976. 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.

Elenor 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 Elenor without appearing here.

Elenor moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2292 and #5545.
Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3667 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #5707.
Fionn Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3262 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2105 and #4137.

Moved ahead of Elenor

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #1893.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2432 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Eabha Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #2338.
Ezra Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2432 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #2969.

Moved the opposite way to Elenor

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elenor went from #3795 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elenor went from #3795 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elenor went from #3795 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elenor went from #3795 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Elenor

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elenor went from #3795 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elenor went from #3795 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elenor went from #3795 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elenor went from #3795 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 2 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #497 in Republic of Ireland in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elenor

Elenor at a glance

What stands out in Elenor's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elenor across 2 official records

Elenor by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elenor appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Elenor at a glance

What stands out in Elenor's record

Elenor across 2 official records

Elenor by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elenor appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Elenor

Elenor and the names beside it

Elenor moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elenor

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