Elayne
Elayne was given to 40 girls in 2025, #3,731 among girls’ names; 4,114 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,330 Americans named Elayne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 25 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elayne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Elayne?
#3,731 among girls’ names, 2025
Elayne rose from #5,517 in 2015 to #3,731 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 13.4 to 24.9 per million.
104 babies in 1946, the peak
Elayne peaked in 1946, when 104 girls were given it, #811 among girls’ names. The 40 births of 2025 are 38% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,731 | 24.9 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,660 | 25.9 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,800 | 13.1 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,502 | 18.9 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,647 | 17.7 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,100 | 21.0 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,941 | 16.1 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,048 | 15.3 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,722 | 16.8 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,276 | 19.2 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | #5,517 | 13.4 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,047 | 11.8 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,795 | 16.5 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,631 | 17.6 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,991 | 12.5 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,388 | 6.8 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,886 | 10.3 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,876 | 10.0 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,763 | 12.5 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,941 | 9.5 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,052 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,505 | 8.2 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,224 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,157 | 8.3 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,406 | 9.4 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,692 | 13.8 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,927 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,193 | 11.3 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,880 | 12.1 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,482 | 13.1 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,505 | 9.7 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,238 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,517 | 17.1 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,698 | 15.7 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,705 | 6.9 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,353 | 9.0 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,261 | 7.1 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,894 | 9.5 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,774 | 13.2 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,524 | 7.6 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,586 | 5.8 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,013 | 6.5 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,351 | 6.0 |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,004 | 8.3 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,043 | 8.4 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,574 | 9.6 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,510 | 7.5 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,317 | 10.4 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,202 | 15.7 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,715 | 12.3 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,936 | 8.2 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,528 | 8.9 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,279 | 6.9 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,539 | 3.9 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,697 | 10.2 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,624 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,360 | 10.1 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,565 | 14.6 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,574 | 13.9 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,537 | 13.6 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,894 | 21.0 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,159 | 16.4 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,029 | 17.6 |
| 1962 | 40 | #1,808 | 20.3 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,898 | 18.3 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,794 | 19.8 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,621 | 22.2 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,530 | 24.4 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,533 | 24.0 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,601 | 21.9 |
| 1955 | 52 | #1,389 | 26.6 |
| 1954 | 69 | #1,205 | 35.5 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,378 | 26.6 |
| 1952 | 58 | #1,252 | 31.3 |
| 1951 | 56 | #1,243 | 31.1 |
| 1950 | 66 | #1,137 | 38.5 |
| 1949 | 80 | #1,007 | 46.8 |
| 1948 | 80 | #972 | 47.1 |
| 1947 | 98 | #892 | 55.3 |
| 1946 | 104 | #811 | 66.2 |
| 1945 | 82 | #832 | 62.7 |
| 1944 | 67 | #948 | 50.5 |
| 1943 | 67 | #968 | 48.0 |
| 1942 | 64 | #981 | 47.4 |
| 1941 | 58 | #963 | 48.0 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,154 | 35.0 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,312 | 29.2 |
| 1938 | 42 | #1,115 | 38.1 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,007 | 46.1 |
| 1936 | 50 | #971 | 48.1 |
| 1935 | 49 | #984 | 46.7 |
| 1934 | 54 | #941 | 51.7 |
| 1933 | 52 | #950 | 51.6 |
| 1932 | 63 | #881 | 59.0 |
| 1931 | 74 | #787 | 69.5 |
| 1930 | 66 | #892 | 58.6 |
| 1929 | 61 | #917 | 54.6 |
| 1928 | 56 | #996 | 48.6 |
| 1927 | 84 | #793 | 70.4 |
| 1926 | 82 | #803 | 69.2 |
| 1925 | 100 | #736 | 82.1 |
| 1924 | 102 | #732 | 81.7 |
| 1923 | 77 | #837 | 63.8 |
| 1922 | 70 | #873 | 58.3 |
| 1921 | 79 | #832 | 64.1 |
| 1920 | 50 | #1,054 | 41.7 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,433 | 26.5 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,903 | 17.3 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,481 | 24.0 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,640 | 21.1 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,163 | 14.2 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,301 | 7.9 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,321 | 8.0 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,096 | 9.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Elayne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Elayne has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 114 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Elayne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elayne, and how old are they?
2,330 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 4,114 Americans ever recorded as Elayne. The median Elayne alive today is 60 years old; half are between 25 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 2,971 people named Elayne (2,961 women and girls, 10 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,460 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 307 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 810 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 263 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 260 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 292 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 385 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elayne born?
The states with the most babies named Elayne are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 61% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 596 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| California | 198 | #3,230 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 183 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 127 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 117 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Minnesota | 100 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 68 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 67 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 46 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 45 | #3,032 | 0.2× |
Where Elayne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elayne is most over-represented in New York: since 1912 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elayne with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Elayne?
Elayne is a less common spelling of Elaine: SSA has recorded 4,114 Elayne and 263,543 Elaine since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 318,671 babies since 1880, Elayne is the fifth most given (1.3% of them). In 2025 it was given to 40 of their 2,826 babies (1.4%), the sixth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elayne
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elayne and names like it
- Compare Elayne and ElaineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sElayne peaked in 1946.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elayne since 1910.
- The top names of 1946The year the most babies were named Elayne.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Elayne alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.