Elinor
Pronounced EH1 L IH0 N AO1 R (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1920
- 145 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Elinor?
Elinor is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 23,957 children — the 831st most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1920, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1920, when 720 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Elenore, Ellinor and Eliner — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Elinor and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Elenore
- Ellinor
- Eliner
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH1 L IH0 N AO1 R · EH1 L IH0 N ER0 · EH1 L IH1 N AO1 R · EH1 L IH1 N ER0
- Stress pattern:
- 101 · 100 · 111 · 110
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Elinor
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Elinor
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Elinor?
- Elinor ranks 831st among girls' names in US records, with 23,957 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,158.
- Is Elinor a unisex name?
- No. Elinor is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Elinor most popular?
- 1920, when 720 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Elinor spelled?
- Elenore, Ellinor, Eliner. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.