Elaina
#267 for girls in 2025, 1,176 births
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 1,209 births
- Debut · girls
- 15 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,220since 1941
Elaina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Elaina has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #267 | 1,176 |
| 2024 | #254 | 1,256 |
| 2023 | #272 | 1,151 |
| 2022 | #255 | 1,219 |
| 2021 | #257 | 1,203 |
| 2020 | #250 | 1,209 |
| 2019 | #281 | 1,170 |
| 2018 | #271 | 1,214 |
| 2017 | #285 | 1,144 |
| 2016 | #267 | 1,189 |
| 2015 | #292 | 1,109 |
| 2014 | #282 | 1,151 |
| 2013 | #308 | 1,037 |
| 2012 | #336 | 932 |
| 2011 | #361 | 897 |
| 2010 | #392 | 813 |
| 2009 | #465 | 666 |
| 2008 | #462 | 685 |
| 2007 | #430 | 763 |
| 2006 | #445 | 717 |
| 2005 | #439 | 695 |
| 2004 | #456 | 658 |
| 2003 | #460 | 650 |
| 2002 | #527 | 522 |
| 2001 | #511 | 530 |
| 2000 | #505 | 534 |
| 1999 | #555 | 454 |
| 1998 | #652 | 354 |
| 1997 | #708 | 303 |
| 1996 | #636 | 353 |
| 1995 | #638 | 341 |
| 1994 | #618 | 358 |
| 1993 | #743 | 280 |
| 1992 | #768 | 270 |
| 1991 | #769 | 267 |
| 1990 | #814 | 242 |
| 1989 | #800 | 238 |
| 1988 | #831 | 219 |
| 1987 | #893 | 188 |
| 1986 | #825 | 203 |
| 1985 | #848 | 191 |
| 1984 | #894 | 167 |
| 1983 | #804 | 193 |
| 1982 | #774 | 212 |
| 1981 | #743 | 222 |
| 1980 | #898 | 169 |
| 1979 | #905 | 164 |
| 1978 | #669 | 238 |
| 1977 | #952 | 145 |
| 1976 | #1,307 | 83 |
| 1975 | #1,301 | 85 |
| 1974 | #994 | 122 |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 |
| 1972 | #1,394 | 71 |
| 1971 | #1,133 | 103 |
| 1970 | #1,182 | 97 |
| 1969 | #1,066 | 106 |
| 1968 | #1,042 | 100 |
| 1967 | #1,028 | 100 |
| 1966 | #966 | 111 |
| 1965 | #908 | 123 |
| 1964 | #969 | 119 |
| 1963 | #1,087 | 99 |
| 1962 | #1,247 | 78 |
| 1961 | #1,420 | 62 |
| 1960 | #1,467 | 56 |
| 1959 | #1,306 | 67 |
| 1958 | #1,266 | 70 |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
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First appearance
1941
The first year at least five girls were named Elaina! It came in at #2,190, and was given to 15 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.
Where Elaina is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Nebraska#120 · 1 in 462
- Iowa#142 · 1 in 566
- Ohio#142 · 1 in 655
- Kentucky#144 · 1 in 617
- Maine#149 · 1 in 490
Best ever in a state: #78 in West Virginia, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #120 | 17 | 1 in 462 |
| Iowa | #142 | 22 | 1 in 566 |
| Ohio | #142 | 79 | 1 in 655 |
| Kentucky | #144 | 29 | 1 in 617 |
| Maine | #149 | 7 | 1 in 490 |
| West Virginia | #159 | 11 | 1 in 533 |
| Missouri | #160 | 39 | 1 in 666 |
| Alaska | #164 | 5 | 1 in 449 |
| Indiana | #168 | 41 | 1 in 734 |
| Michigan | #169 | 54 | 1 in 764 |
| Alabama | #182 | 25 | 1 in 767 |
| Wisconsin | #190 | 29 | 1 in 779 |
| Oklahoma | #196 | 20 | 1 in 787 |
| Hawaii | #208 | 5 | 1 in 583 |
| Tennessee | #209 | 34 | 1 in 900 |
| Virginia | #242 | 34 | 1 in 1,060 |
| Mississippi | #247 | 12 | 1 in 910 |
| Louisiana | #250 | 20 | 1 in 994 |
| South Carolina | #250 | 18 | 1 in 986 |
| Washington | #256 | 28 | 1 in 1,109 |
| North Carolina | #263 | 38 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Idaho | #270 | 7 | 1 in 902 |
| Connecticut | #273 | 11 | 1 in 1,070 |
| Pennsylvania | #276 | 45 | 1 in 1,136 |
| Georgia | #282 | 39 | 1 in 1,208 |
| Kansas | #291 | 11 | 1 in 1,090 |
| Massachusetts | #292 | 20 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Texas | #296 | 109 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Minnesota | #297 | 20 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Utah | #297 | 14 | 1 in 1,218 |
| Arizona | #302 | 24 | 1 in 1,253 |
| Illinois | #357 | 34 | 1 in 1,634 |
| Oregon | #361 | 10 | 1 in 1,450 |
| Florida | #383 | 47 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Maryland | #395 | 14 | 1 in 1,662 |
| Colorado | #412 | 13 | 1 in 1,740 |
| Arkansas | #425 | 7 | 1 in 1,605 |
| New York | #494 | 36 | 1 in 2,444 |
| California | #509 | 75 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Nevada | #533 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| New Jersey | #558 | 13 | 1 in 2,767 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elaina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 13 spots since 2024 (#254 → #267)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#250 → #267)
- 25 spots since 2015 (#292 → #267)
- Biggest jump: 484 spots in 1974 (#1,478 → #994)
- Biggest drop: 307 spots in 1975 (#994 → #1,301)
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 2020 at #250 (1,209 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1977–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,290
- Highest: 1 in 1,290 girls born in 2024 were named Elaina (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,367 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- Its best rank, #250 in 2020, was only 1 in 1,337 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.1% of all girls named Elaina (10,656) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 192 | #1,588 (1945) | #2,015 |
| 1950s | 388 | #1,266 (1958) | #1,812 |
| 1960s | 954 | #908 (1965) | #1,120 |
| 1970s | 1,172 | #669 (1978) | #1,132 |
| 1980s | 2,002 | #743 (1981) | #831 |
| 1990s | 3,222 | #555 (1999) | #690 |
| 2000s | 6,420 | #430 (2007) | #470 |
| 2010s | 10,656 | #267 (2016) | #308 |
| 2020s | 7,214 | #250 (2020) | #259 |
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.
Elaina in 2017
girls
#285
1,144 births · 1 in 1,509 girls
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,509 of them was named Elaina, which outranked 98.5% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Elaina
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.