Elnora
Elnora is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 23 births. Its best rank was 221st, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 230.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1924639 births
- Best rank
- #221in 1882
- Since 1880
- 21,345people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,345 girls have been named Elnora in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 639 births.
The name has all but left use: 23 births in 2024, against 639 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 78 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elnora | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 579 | |
| 1890s | 914 | |
| 1900s | 1,648 | |
| 1910s | 4,279 | |
| 1920s | 5,405 | |
| 1930s | 3,362 | |
| 1940s | 2,269 | |
| 1950s | 1,339 | |
| 1960s | 646 | |
| 1970s | 262 | |
| 1980s | 181 | |
| 1990s | 97 | |
| 2000s | 84 | |
| 2010s | 163 | |
| 2020s | 117 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Elnora was the 259th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Elnora
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Louisepeak 1921
- Ethelynpeak 1920
- Tinypeak 1920
- Mablepeak 1922
- Ionapeak 1918
- Easterpeak 1925
- Rosiapeak 1925
- Inezpeak 1920
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.