Elayne — #3637 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elayne

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,074 babies named Elayne between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elayne currently holds the #3637 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elayne performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 761 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Elayne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 596 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Elayne in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elayne 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 4,074 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.