Eleanora
Top 1000
About Eleanora
Eleanor is back, Nora is back, and, as predicted, Eleanora is back too.
Having left the charts in the 1930s, this elaboration of Eleanor has returned and blends the elements of its two more popular sisters into one elegant, grand, and sophisticated sounding choice.
Given to around 300 babies in the US in a recent year, the addition of that final vowel gives Eleanor a little flip at the end, making it more Latinate and poetic, while still sounding perfectly familiar and grounded. The name also ranks in the UK where it recently made its Top 1000 debut.
If you love the idea of this but don't want her to become just another Nora or another Ellie, you could consider Leonor or Lenore too.
Pronounced el-ee-uh-NOR-uh.
As of October 2026, Eleanora ranked #865 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #486 in 1916, Nameberry popularity #651.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,592 | 135 | 75.6 |
| 2015 | #1,471 | 156 | 87.4 |
| 2016 | #1,148 | 219 | 123.6 |
| 2017 | #1,031 | 251 | 145.4 |
| 2018 | #1,037 | 249 | 146.4 |
| 2019 | #1,104 | 222 | 132.3 |
| 2020 | #1,067 | 232 | 143.5 |
| 2021 | #1,002 | 255 | 155.4 |
| 2022 | #1,026 | 250 | 152.4 |
| 2023 | #945 | 278 | 173.3 |
| 2024 | #886 | 304 | 187.6 |
| 2025 | #865 | 313 | 194.7 |
World rankings
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Eleanora on lists
Famous Eleanoras
- Eleanora Fagan
birth name of American singer Billie Holiday
- Eleanora Duse
Italian actress
- Eleanora Sears
American tennis player
- Eleanora Ehrenbergů
Czech soprano
- Eleanora Luisa Gonzaga
Duchess of Rovere and Montefeltro as wife of Francesco Maria de' Medici
- Eleonora Maria Josefa Rosa Filipa Miguela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Orléans e Bragança e Wittelsbach
Princess of Ligne, wife of Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne
- Eleanora Hope
Bob Hope's daughter
Eleanora in pop culture
- Eleanora
short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- Eleanora
song recorded by Percy Faith
- Eleanora
character in the Seer of Shadows by Avi
- Eleanora Poe
character in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"