Girls' name · since 2006
Elainah
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 185 babies named Elainah, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,172 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
185 babies have been named Elainah since 2006, making it today's #14172 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elainah has been recorded 185 times among girls since 2006, currently ranked #14172 nationally and more common than 18% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #20,593 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,172 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 185 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elainah ranks #20,593 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,172 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 185 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,172 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elainah's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elainah compares
185 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elainah's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elainah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elainah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elainah's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elainah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Elainah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (113 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Elainah's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Elainah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
113 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 113 births (61% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elainah's data
- Elainah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (113 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elainah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elainah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.