Girls' name · since 1993
Elainey
51 babies named Elainey in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,786 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
51 babies have been named Elainey since 1993, making it today's #13786 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Elainey recorded 51 times among girls since 1993, holding rank #13786 nationally today, ahead of 20% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #34,769 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,786 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 51 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elainey ranks #34,769 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,786 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 51 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,769 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,786 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 51
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Elainey's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elainey compares
51 16th 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
Elainey's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elainey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 51 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elainey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Elainey's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Elainey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Elainey by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 29% of the file).
2020s was Elainey's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Elainey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (29% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elainey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Elainey 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.