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Its wave through time Fading since the 1910s
In the United States 0 20 40 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1916 per 100,000 babies of that sex 20,836 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1916, about 1 in 1,800 girls 141 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Eleanor Girl From Occitan Aliénor, of uncertain origin; it is often explained as alia Aenor 'the other Aenor', but this is not… Middle Ages · peak 1915 Ellen Girl The English vernacular form of Helen, from Greek Helenē, of uncertain meaning. Middle Ages · peak 1884 Elaine Girl Old French form associated with Helen; the Arthurian Elaine of Astolat. Victorian · peak 1945 Eileen Girl An anglicized form of Irish Eibhlín, a Gaelic form of the Norman name Aveline, whose own origin is uncertain… Victorian · peak 1943 Elena Girl A form of Helen, from Greek Helenē; the meaning is uncertain, and the popular 'torch' or 'light' link is unproven. Middle Ages · peak 2020 Eliana Girl From Hebrew, 'my God has answered' (eli 'my God' and anah 'to answer'); in Latin countries it is also a feminine of… Modern · peak 2020 Elaina Girl A modern spelling of Elena or Elaine, forms of Helen, from Greek Helene, whose meaning is uncertain. Modern · peak 2020 Elnora Girl A variant of Eleanor or Leonora; Eleanor's origin is uncertain. Victorian · peak 1905 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.