Girls' name · since 1987
Elainna
282 babies named Elainna in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,677 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 282
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
282 babies have been named Elainna since 1987, making it today's #9677 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elainna has been recorded 282 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #9677 nationally and more common than 44% 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 1987 to 2025.
- #16,439 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,677 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 282 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elainna ranks #16,439 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,677 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 282 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,439 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,677 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 282
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elainna's 282 recorded births place it above 77.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Elainna compares
282 44th 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
Elainna's all-time total is 25% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elainna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 282 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elainna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elainna's full recorded timeline at 2009, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elainna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Elainna by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (104 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Elainna's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Elainna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 104 births (37% of all-time use).
Elainna by state
Where Elainna concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.1% |
6 of 282 births nationwide.
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What to do with Elainna's data
- Elainna's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Elainnas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elainna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Elainna 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.