Elaine — #369 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elaine

The Social Security Administration has registered 261,872 babies named Elaine between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elaine currently holds the #369 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 7,058 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elaine performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 60,104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Elaine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 33,537 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Elaine in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elaine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 261,872 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.