Girls' name · since 2004

Elainy

Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 50 babies named Elainy, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#34,993 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,108 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
50
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Elainy is the #14108 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 50 recorded since 2004.

Social Security Administration records show Elainy recorded 50 times among girls since 2004, holding rank #14108 nationally today, ahead of 18% 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 2004 to 2025.

  • #34,993 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #14,108 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 50 born since 2004
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elainy ranks #34,993 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,108 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 50 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.

#34,993 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,108 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
50
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%18.4%
Elainy vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Elainy's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Elainy compares

50 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

Elainy's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Elainy Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 50 376 567,345
Peak-year births 7 21 19,840

Elainy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Elainy splits its recorded history at 2021: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Elainy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2004)
7
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20042013201520202021202220242025 6

Elainy by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (30 births, 60% of the file).

2020s was Elainy's strongest decade.

30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.

Elainy births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 30 births (60% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Elainy?
Since 2004, Social Security records show 50 babies named Elainy. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #34,993 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #14,108 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2004, with 7 births.
Where does Elainy sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elainy ranks #34,993 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,108 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Elainy most popular?
Elainy was most popular in the 2020s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Elainy been used?
The SSA has tracked Elainy since 2004 -- 22 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Elainy?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Elaine, Elaina, Elana, Elayna, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Elainy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2004–2025 (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 Elainy 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.