Girl's name
Eleanor
Say it EL-uh-nor
Occitan origin perhaps other
3 syllables
Where Eleanor is loved, common and rare
Common across Ontario, British Columbia, England and Wales and six more places. Rare in Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and 12 more places.
1 in 326 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Ontario 19thBritish Columbia 19thEngland and Wales 56th
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Every place
In 24 of the 40 official lists, among them Ontario (19th), British Columbia (19th) and England and Wales (56th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario province | 19th 2024 | 286 | about 1 in 190 |
| British Columbia province | 19th 2023 | 77 | about 1 in 155 |
| New South Wales state | 31st 2025 | 169 | rank only |
| Queensland state | 32nd 2025 | 126 | rank only |
| South Australia state | 37th 2025 | 39 | rank only |
| Victoria state | 48th 2025 | 125 | rank only |
| New Zealand | 54th 2025 | 65 | rank only |
| England and Wales | 56th 2025 | 776 | 1 in 326 |
| Ireland | 106th 2025 | 44 | 1 in 480 |
| Scotland | 116th 2025 | 38 | 1 in 471 |
| Northern Ireland | 154th 2025 | 12 | 1 in 607 |
| Munich city | 201st 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 699 |
| Quebec province | 208th 2025 | 28 | about 1 in 929 |
| Switzerland | 265th 2025 | 26 | 1 in 1,307 |
| The Netherlands | 330th 2025 | 42 | about 1 in 1,453 |
| Berlin city | 385th 2023 | 8 | about 1 in 1,813 |
| Sweden | 386th 2025 | 18 | about 1 in 2,232 |
| Austria | 474th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 3,572 |
| France | 507th 2025 | 155 | 1 in 1,850 |
| Cologne city | 630th 2023 | 1 | about 1 in 6,143 |
| Poland | 706th 2025 | 2 | 1 in 59,894 |
| Italy | 1359th 2024 | 6 | 1 in 29,862 |
| Nova Scotia province | 17th 2025 | 19 | rank only |
| Bonn city | 173rd 2025 | 3 | about 1 in 1,005 |
Rare, below the listed names: Leipzig, Rostock, Norway, Spain, Catalonia, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Nova Scotia Vital Statistics (data.novascotia.ca) (Nova Scotia); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
The first known Eleanor was Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose name in Provençal was Aliénor. It is perhaps from Latin alia, 'other', combined with her mother's name Aenor, giving the explanation 'the other Aenor'; that meaning is uncertain.
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It has three syllables, EL-uh-nor. Ellie, Nell, Nellie and Nora are its familiar short forms, and Elinor, Eleonora and Leonora are related spellings.
Eleanor ranks high in Ontario, British Columbia and New South Wales, and is much less common in continental Europe. In the Ontario and British Columbia records it peaked in 1936, and it is now rising in ten places while falling in only one, a strong revival of an older favourite.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- EL-uh-nor, 3 syllables
- Meaning
perhaps other
- Origin
- Occitan
Counted together here: Eléanor.
Etymology
The first known bearer was Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204), Provençal Aliénor, perhaps from Latin alia (“other”) and her mother's name Aenor, its meaning thereby said to be “the other Aenor”.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 10 of 20 regions, falling in 1.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 47 | 54 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 62 | 58 | 67 | 56 |
| Scotland | 127 | 108 | 143 | 117 | 115 | 126 | 113 | 119 | 113 | 116 |
| Northern Ireland | 229 | 215 | 218 | 213 | 192 | 139 | 218 | 193 | 150 | 154 |
| Ireland | 145 | 130 | 142 | 134 | 145 | 147 | 128 | 126 | 126 | 106 |
| Ontario | 60 | 56 | 51 | 41 | 40 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 19 | |
| British Columbia | 69 | 68 | 54 | 39 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 19 | ||
| Nova Scotia | 19 | 18 | 13 | 17 | ||||||
| New South Wales | 46 | 59 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 48 | 45 | 34 | 33 | 31 |
| Victoria | 52 | 58 | 47 | 42 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 45 | 34 | 48 |
| Queensland | 70 | 65 | 44 | 56 | 48 | 48 | 40 | 43 | 27 | 32 |
| South Australia | 64 | 57 | 71 | 49 | 43 | 40 | 43 | 38 | 21 | 37 |
| New Zealand | 78 | 76 | 91 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 54 |
| Quebec | 208 | 240 | 210 | 251 | 221 | 246 | 149 | 161 | 148 | 208 |
| France | 600 | 688 | 624 | 675 | 633 | 623 | 614 | 688 | 587 | 507 |
| The Netherlands | 370 | 389 | 332 | 331 | 281 | 311 | 305 | 292 | 330 | |
| Austria | 468 | 465 | 316 | 350 | 452 | 302 | 541 | 337 | 330 | 474 |
| Switzerland | 608 | 337 | 711 | 471 | 392 | 795 | 444 | 319 | 321 | 265 |
| Berlin | 331 | 379 | 382 | 323 | 299 | 361 | 551 | 385 | ||
| Munich | 220 | 201 | ||||||||
| Bonn | 512 | 222 | 371 | 168 | 419 | 392 | 380 | 362 | 173 | |
| Leipzig | 253 | 193 | 263 | 243 | 191 | 405 | 186 | 361 | 222 | |
| Rostock | 136 | 97 | 197 | 158 | ||||||
| Sweden | 620 | 506 | 456 | 520 | 517 | 572 | 480 | 610 | 335 | 386 |
| Italy | 1236 | 1856 | 1359 | |||||||
| Poland | 500 | 658 | 449 | 507 | 616 | 516 | 523 | 706 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | 776 | 306.4 |
| 2024 | 67 | 672 | 260.5 |
| 2023 | 58 | 762 | 297.0 |
| 2022 | 62 | 788 | 299.0 |
| 2021 | 55 | 915 | 333.9 |
| 2020 | 53 | 900 | 335.3 |
| 2019 | 52 | 971 | 346.7 |
| 2018 | 51 | 985 | 341.7 |
| 2017 | 54 | 1,027 | 343.4 |
| 2016 | 47 | 1,147 | 373.4 |
| 2015 | 54 | 1,105 | 358.8 |
| 2014 | 60 | 1,049 | 342.1 |
| 2013 | 57 | 1,039 | 336.8 |
| 2012 | 63 | 989 | 307.1 |
| 2011 | 59 | 1,049 | 326.5 |
| 2010 | 61 | 995 | 309.9 |
| 2009 | 56 | 1,087 | 346.9 |
| 2008 | 54 | 1,151 | 364.5 |
| 2007 | 49 | 1,235 | 403.4 |
| 2006 | 42 | 1,388 | 463.8 |
| 2005 | 43 | 1,328 | 460.7 |
| 2004 | 29 | 1,683 | 588.8 |
| 2003 | 29 | 1,838 | 659.6 |
| 2002 | 26 | 1,942 | 726.3 |
| 2001 | 27 | 1,940 | 723.9 |
| 2000 | 25 | 2,080 | 761.4 |
| 1999 | 18 | 2,485 | 882.2 |
| 1998 | 19 | 2,724 | 942.0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 2,747 | 937.0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 2,555 | 863.2 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Eleanor in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 1950. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 1936, at 778.0 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Eleanor per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 1936 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Eleanor
1 in 335 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Eleanor.
1 in 160 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Eleanor.
1 in 284 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Eleanor.
1 in 325 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Eleanor. Same first letter as Eleanor.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Eleanor. Same first letter as Eleanor.
1 in 1,789 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Eleanor.
1 in 162 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Eleanor. Same first letter as Eleanor.
1 in 142 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Eleanor.
1 in 109 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Eleanor. Same first letter as Eleanor.
1 in 184 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Eleanor.
Middle names for Eleanor
1 in 71 in Scotland
Eleanor Olivia
3-4 beats · initials EO
Changes the beat after Eleanor: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Eleanor Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials EC
Changes the beat after Eleanor: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Eleanor Sophie
3-2 beats · initials ES
Changes the beat after Eleanor: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Eleanor Grace
3-1 beats · initials EG
Changes the beat after Eleanor: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 95 in Northern Ireland
Eleanor Anna
3-2 beats · initials EA
Changes the beat after Eleanor: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 197 in Ireland
Eleanor Alice
3-2 beats · initials EA
Changes the beat after Eleanor: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 88 in Scotland
Eleanor Amelia
3-4 beats · initials EA
Changes the beat after Eleanor: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables.
1 in 154 in Ireland
Eleanor Emma
3-2 beats · initials EE
Changes the beat after Eleanor: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Eleanor
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 240 in Ireland
97% alike: moves with Eleanor across countries and decades.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
96% alike: moves with Eleanor across countries and decades.
1 in 118 in Ireland
96% alike: moves with Eleanor across countries and decades.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
96% alike: moves with Eleanor across countries and decades.
1 in 124 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Eleanor across countries and decades.
1 in 216 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Eleanor across countries and decades.
1 in 162 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Eleanor across countries and decades.
1 in 184 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Eleanor across countries and decades.
Famous people named Eleanor
Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Eleanor Parker, Eleanor H. Porter, Eleanor F. Helin, Eleanor Farjeon, Eleanor Catton and Eleanor Marx.
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American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)
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Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness 1124 to 1204
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American actress (1922-2013)
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American novelist (1868–1920)
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American astronomer (1932-2009)
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English children's writer 1881 to 1965
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New Zealand writer born 1985
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English writer, translator, activist, and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Eleanor
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Eleanor?
Her best rank is No. 19 in British Columbia in 2023, about 1 in 155 girls. She is in the published lists of 24 of our 40 regions.
What does Eleanor mean?
Wiktionary glosses Eleanor as "perhaps other".
How do you pronounce Eleanor?
EL-uh-nor, with 3 syllables.
Is Eleanor getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 10 of 20 regions, falling in 1.
Which sister names go with Eleanor?
The deck's top five sisters for Eleanor: Harriet, Bonnie, Olive, Elizabeth and Elsie. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.