Name meaning & stats
Eleanor
Eleanor means “light (debated)”. 144,595 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“light (debated)”
Debated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
144,595 US babies were named Eleanor between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Eleanor (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 88% of the family
- Eleanor 88%
- Elinor 4%
- Eleanore 2%
- Elanor 1%
- Elenor 1%
- Ellanor <1%
- Elleanor <1%
- Elinore <1%
- Ellinor <1%
- Eleonor <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)