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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | 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 | — | |
First appearance
1880
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.
Where Elaine 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
- Kansas#322 · 1 in 1,199
- Minnesota#351 · 1 in 1,495
- California#371 · 1 in 1,847
- Idaho#377 · 1 in 1,263
- Indiana#390 · 1 in 1,672
Best ever in a state: #10 in Rhode Island, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #322 | 10 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Minnesota | #351 | 16 | 1 in 1,495 |
| California | #371 | 106 | 1 in 1,847 |
| Idaho | #377 | 5 | 1 in 1,263 |
| Indiana | #390 | 18 | 1 in 1,672 |
| Utah | #484 | 8 | 1 in 2,131 |
| Oklahoma | #492 | 8 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Iowa | #508 | 6 | 1 in 2,076 |
| Ohio | #508 | 22 | 1 in 2,353 |
| New York | #515 | 34 | 1 in 2,588 |
| Nevada | #533 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Tennessee | #535 | 13 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Virginia | #570 | 13 | 1 in 2,772 |
| Maryland | #582 | 9 | 1 in 2,586 |
| Illinois | #589 | 19 | 1 in 2,923 |
| Texas | #603 | 52 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Wisconsin | #606 | 8 | 1 in 2,823 |
| Washington | #607 | 11 | 1 in 2,824 |
| Massachusetts | #614 | 8 | 1 in 3,150 |
| Alabama | #630 | 7 | 1 in 2,739 |
| Oregon | #663 | 5 | 1 in 2,899 |
| Missouri | #664 | 8 | 1 in 3,247 |
| Pennsylvania | #671 | 15 | 1 in 3,409 |
| Georgia | #688 | 14 | 1 in 3,366 |
| Michigan | #781 | 10 | 1 in 4,127 |
| Florida | #796 | 19 | 1 in 4,524 |
| New Jersey | #816 | 8 | 1 in 4,496 |
| Louisiana | #829 | 5 | 1 in 3,977 |
| Arizona | #947 | 6 | 1 in 5,012 |
| North Carolina | #1,115 | 7 | 1 in 6,483 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Elaine
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1938 at #42 (4,835 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 36 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1923–1957
- Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1889–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 222
- 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
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 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 2017
girls
#590
507 births · 1 in 3,405 girls
Top girls' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,405 of them was named Elaine, which outranked 96.8% 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 Elaine
- #586Madisyn512
- #588Irene508
- #588Lilian508
- #590Elaine507
- #590Dorothy507
- #592Kaliyah506
- #592Kora506
- #592Kyra506
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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.