Elanor
Elanor is a feminine given name variant of Eleanor.
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Meaning & Origin of Elanor
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elanor is a feminine given name variant of Eleanor.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Elanor
The earliest SSA record of Elanor as a baby girl name dates back to 1913, when 8 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 129 newborns named Elanor — #1,613 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Elanor on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Elanor ranks #1,642 for baby girls with 126 births, rising sharply (+69% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Elanor
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Elanor Allerton (born 1639), English colonist
- Elanor Chapin , American politician from Vermont
- Elanor Colburn (1866–1939), American painter
- Elanor Huntington , Australian computer scientist
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Names that sound like Elanor
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About the name Elanor
Elanor is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Elanor's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #1,613. Use the chart and map above to compare Elanor's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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