Eleanor ranks at #614 with 200 entries, registered female. Three syllables of unmistakably human formal-feminine register on a registry chart that mostly skews short and casual. Owners reaching for Eleanor are usually treating the dog as a small Edwardian companion and committing fully to the bit.
The full-formal-human-name cohort
Eleanor sits with Penelope, Clementine, Beatrice, and Cordelia in the deliberately-formal feminine pet pocket. These are names a parent might pick for a daughter, transposed onto a small dog or cat with no diminutive. The naming logic is anti-cute: the owner refuses to use Bella or Daisy and picks something that requires the full three syllables every time.
Owner-type and breed lean
The name lands disproportionately on small, dignified-looking breeds where the formal register matches the visual: Cavaliers, Havanese, Cocker Spaniels, and Persian cats. Owners skew toward design-conscious millennial and Gen X households, often with one dog and a strong cottagecore or English-country aesthetic in the home.
The counter-reading
The honest concern with Eleanor is the maintenance: three syllables for daily yard-recall is a lot, and most Eleanors quietly become Ellie or Nora at the dog park. If you do not love either nickname, the name will erode toward whichever the household lands on first. The human Eleanor page shows the name climbing strongly in human use since 2000, which means the pet Eleanor share will read as deliberate rather than novel.