Elaine
#304 for girls in 2025, 1,007 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 4,835 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 36 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 262,890since 1880
Elaine over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #304 | 1,007 | — | |
| 2024 | #368 | 849 | — | |
| 2023 | #381 | 808 | — | |
| 2022 | #463 | 685 | — | |
| 2021 | #486 | 647 | — | |
| 2020 | #519 | 583 | — | |
| 2019 | #563 | 545 | — | |
| 2018 | #636 | 470 | — | |
| 2017 | #590 | 507 | — | |
| 2016 | #604 | 498 | — | |
| 2015 | #674 | 423 | — | |
| 2014 | #650 | 439 | — | |
| 2013 | #752 | 360 | — | |
| 2012 | #702 | 400 | — | |
| 2011 | #699 | 399 | — | |
| 2010 | #797 | 343 | — | |
| 2009 | #766 | 371 | — | |
| 2008 | #742 | 399 | — | |
| 2007 | #720 | 406 | — | |
| 2006 | #718 | 393 | — | |
| 2005 | #606 | 469 | — | |
| 2004 | #662 | 413 | — | |
| 2003 | #629 | 427 | — | |
| 2002 | #637 | 399 | — | |
| 2001 | #614 | 408 | — | |
| 2000 | #576 | 453 | — | |
| 1999 | #544 | 462 | — | |
| 1998 | #523 | 481 | — | |
| 1997 | #526 | 452 | — | |
| 1996 | #470 | 531 | — | |
| 1995 | #467 | 541 | — | |
| 1994 | #447 | 567 | — | |
| 1993 | #444 | 562 | — | |
| 1992 | #421 | 603 | — | |
| 1991 | #418 | 610 | — | |
| 1990 | #409 | 632 | — | |
| 1989 | #376 | 673 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #350 | 707 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #355 | 669 | — | |
| 1986 | #358 | 664 | — | |
| 1985 | #360 | 655 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #371 | 617 | — | |
| 1983 | #293 | 795 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #313 | 777 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #309 | 784 | — | |
| 1980 | #313 | 771 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #306 | 782 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #310 | 757 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #274 | 864 | — | |
| 1976 | #292 | 782 | — | |
| 1975 | #282 | 860 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #267 | 950 | — | |
| 1973 | #253 | 994 | — | |
| 1972 | #252 | 1,066 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #233 | 1,287 | — | |
| 1970 | #217 | 1,437 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #191 | 1,683 | — | |
| 1968 | #189 | 1,705 | — | |
| 1967 | #182 | 1,777 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #166 | 2,059 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #149 | 2,498 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #142 | 2,826 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #134 | 3,121 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #125 | 3,614 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #118 | 3,868 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #112 | 4,315 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #105 | 4,454 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #101 | 4,743 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #96 | 5,013 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #89 | 5,310 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #77 | 5,635 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #74 | 5,825 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #77 | 5,496 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #73 | 5,650 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #66 | 6,069 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #60 | 6,037 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #57 | 6,214 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #53 | 6,403 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #50 | 7,059 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #47 | 6,803 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #44 | 5,887 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #46 | 5,629 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #46 | 5,966 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #45 | 5,986 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | #44 | 5,376 | #1,254 | 28 |
| 1940 | #50 | 4,782 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #45 | 4,785 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #42 | 4,835 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #45 | 4,526 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #50 | 4,259 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #51 | 4,080 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #54 | 3,900 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #61 | 3,572 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #68 | 3,575 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | #72 | 3,622 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #69 | 3,954 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #67 | 3,852 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #68 | 4,004 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #69 | 4,110 | #2,034 | 16 |
| 1926 | #68 | 4,004 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #73 | 3,776 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #73 | 3,802 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #87 | 3,212 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #102 | 2,792 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #97 | 2,922 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #107 | 2,433 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #136 | 1,688 | — | |
| 1918 | #152 | 1,473 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #160 | 1,281 | — | |
| 1916 | #161 | 1,236 | — | |
| 1915 | #155 | 1,212 | — | |
| 1914 | #221 | 568 | — | |
| 1913 | #238 | 411 | — | |
| 1912 | #252 | 313 | — | |
| 1911 | #273 | 199 | — | |
| 1910 | #278 | 195 | — | |
| 1909 | #309 | 139 | — | |
| 1908 | #313 | 129 | — | |
| 1907 | #343 | 103 | — | |
| 1906 | #376 | 82 | — | |
| 1905 | #380 | 79 | — | |
| 1904 | #428 | 57 | — | |
| 1903 | #435 | 53 | — | |
| 1902 | #454 | 48 | — | |
| 1901 | #452 | 43 | — | |
| 1900 | #478 | 50 | — | |
| 1899 | #593 | 27 | — | |
| 1898 | #597 | 29 | — | |
| 1897 | #537 | 30 | — | |
| 1896 | #467 | 38 | — | |
| 1895 | #685 | 21 | — | |
| 1894 | #664 | 20 | — | |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 | — | |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 | — | |
| 1891 | #669 | 16 | — | |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elaine was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Elaine
- 64 spots since 2024 (#368 → #304)
- 215 spots since 2020 (#519 → #304)
- 370 spots since 2015 (#674 → #304)
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1896 (#685 → #467)
- Biggest drop: 112 spots in 2006 (#606 → #718)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1938 at #42 (4,835 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1923–1957
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1889–2025
- Highest: 1 in 222 girls born in 1945 were named Elaine (0.45%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,596 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- Its best rank, #42 in 1938, was only 1 in 228 (0.44%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.9% of all girls named Elaine (60,105) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #836 (1880) | #987 |
| 1890s | 239 | #467 (1896) | #616 |
| 1900s | 783 | #309 (1909) | #397 |
| 1910s | 8,576 | #136 (1919) | #203 |
| 1920s | 34,907 | #67 (1929) | #81 |
| 1930s | 41,108 | #42 (1938) | #56 |
| 1940s | 60,105 | #44 (1945) | #48 |
| 1950s | 54,232 | #60 (1950) | #82 |
| 1960s | 27,466 | #112 (1960) | #151 |
| 1970s | 9,779 | #217 (1970) | #269 |
| 1980s | 7,112 | #293 (1983) | #340 |
| 1990s | 5,441 | #409 (1990) | #467 |
| 2000s | 4,138 | #576 (2000) | #667 |
| 2010s | 4,384 | #563 (2019) | #667 |
| 2020s | 4,579 | #304 (2025) | #420 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elaine in 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 235 of them was named Elaine, which outranked 99.1% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 48,485 of them was named Elaine, which outranked 64.1% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,403Waverly23
- #1,403Wendel23
- #1,403Wilfrid23
- #1,444Elaine22
- #1,444Aldon22
- #1,444Anastacio22
- #1,444Arch22
- #1,481Adolf21
- #1,481Almon21
- #1,481Armin21
Tied with 36 names at #1,444; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.