Elayne
#3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 102 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,114since 1912
Elayne over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Elayne has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,712 | 40 |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 |
| 2016 | #4,250 | 34 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 |
| 2012 | #4,601 | 31 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #3,743 | 23 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 |
| 1962 | #1,807 | 40 |
| 1961 | #1,893 | 37 |
| 1960 | #1,789 | 40 |
| 1959 | #1,617 | 45 |
| 1958 | #1,527 | 49 |
| 1957 | #1,531 | 49 |
| 1956 | #1,598 | 44 |
| 1955 | #1,383 | 52 |
| 1954 | #1,206 | 69 |
| 1953 | #1,373 | 50 |
| 1952 | #1,250 | 58 |
| 1951 | #1,239 | 56 |
| 1950 | #1,135 | 66 |
| 1949 | #1,005 | 80 |
| 1948 | #971 | 80 |
| 1947 | #892 | 98 |
| 1946 | #809 | 104 |
| 1945 | #830 | 82 |
| 1944 | #945 | 67 |
| 1943 | #965 | 67 |
| 1942 | #979 | 64 |
| 1941 | #961 | 58 |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 |
| 1939 | #1,308 | 32 |
| 1938 | #1,111 | 42 |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 |
| 1936 | #968 | 50 |
| 1935 | #984 | 49 |
| 1934 | #938 | 54 |
| 1933 | #947 | 52 |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 |
| 1931 | #784 | 74 |
| 1930 | #889 | 66 |
| 1929 | #915 | 61 |
| 1928 | #994 | 56 |
| 1927 | #792 | 84 |
| 1926 | #800 | 82 |
| 1925 | #736 | 100 |
| 1924 | #731 | 102 |
| 1923 | #836 | 77 |
| 1922 | #872 | 70 |
| 1921 | #828 | 79 |
| 1920 | #1,048 | 50 |
| 1919 | #1,423 | 30 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 |
| 1917 | #1,470 | 26 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five girls were named Elayne! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 73 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #3,712)
- 366 spots since 2020 (#4,078 → #3,712)
- 1,746 spots since 2015 (#5,458 → #3,712)
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1921 (#1,048 → #828)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1928 (#792 → #994)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1924 at #731 (102 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1921–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,174
- Highest: 1 in 12,174 girls born in 1925 were named Elayne (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #731 in 1924, was only 1 in 12,244 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 18.5% of all girls named Elayne (761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 128 | #1,423 (1919) | #2,238 |
| 1920s | 761 | #731 (1924) | #855 |
| 1930s | 531 | #784 (1931) | #981 |
| 1940s | 740 | #809 (1946) | #951 |
| 1950s | 538 | #1,135 (1950) | #1,386 |
| 1960s | 306 | #1,789 (1960) | #2,248 |
| 1970s | 145 | #3,176 (1977) | #4,555 |
| 1980s | 141 | #3,743 (1987) | #5,320 |
| 1990s | 197 | #3,506 (1993) | #5,283 |
| 2000s | 175 | #4,649 (2000) | #6,950 |
| 2010s | 255 | #4,250 (2016) | #5,483 |
| 2020s | 197 | #3,639 (2024) | #4,377 |
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.
Elayne in 1942
girls
#979
64 births · 1 in 21,105 girls
Top girls' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 21,105 of them was named Elayne, which outranked 81.8% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).