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How popular is the name Elinor?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elinors are alive today.
Elinor (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1197th in 2025 and given to 27 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 136 babies were given the name, the 273rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 20% of its peak.
The Elinor you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Elinors born in England and Wales are between 20 and 33, and there are at least 2,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Elinor - on average, only one in every 126 such rooms contains a Elinor.
How many babies are named Elinor each year?
Where does Elinor rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Elinor most popular?
Elinor peaked in 1996, when 136 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Elinor?
At least 2,500 people named Elinor born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Elinor?
Most living Elinors are between 20 and 33; the most common age is about 29.
Is Elinor becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.