Meaning not yet researched.
Elaine: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,007 in 2025. Its best rank was #42 in 1938.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #42 in 1938; #305 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elaine in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#305 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1938, at #42.
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Elaine: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,007 girls in 2025. Peak: #42 in 1938 · most girls in one year: 7,059 (1947).
In 2025, 1,007 US girls were named Elaine, making it the 305th most common girls’ name of the year, up 63 places from #368 in 2024. That is 158 more than the 849 girls named Elaine in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #42, reached in 1938. The most girls given the name in a single year was 7,059, in 1947. For comparison, it was #675 in 2015 and #60 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elaine in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 263,543 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 60,260 babies named Elaine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,599 US girls were named Elaine; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,007. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,596 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elaine ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #127 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Elin (5,204 babies since 1880), Elan (4,331 babies since 1880) and Elayne (4,114 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Elane, Eliane and Eline are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Helen and Lainie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elane (806), Eliane (619), Eline (390), Elianne (233), Iline (190), Euline (153), Ellaine (59), Eloine (18), Eoline (11), Elyane (6), Eulane (6), Elynne (6), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Elaine is listed as a nickname for Eleanor, Helena.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 25 | #127 | — |
| Kansas | 19 | #173 | #479 |
| Wisconsin | 30 | #181 | #773 |
| Delaware | 5 | #186 | — |
| Nebraska | 12 | #188 | #444 |
| Missouri | 31 | #200 | #630 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #200 | — |
| Nevada | 13 | #201 | — |
| Idaho | 11 | #202 | — |
| Oklahoma | 18 | #219 | — |
| Louisiana | 19 | #230 | #549 |
| Utah | 20 | #233 | #517 |
| Kentucky | 19 | #235 | — |
| West Virginia | 7 | #240 | — |
| Ohio | 45 | #250 | #670 |
| Minnesota | 22 | #254 | #368 |
| Colorado | 23 | #271 | — |
| Texas | 127 | #273 | #716 |
| North Carolina | 40 | #275 | #725 |
| Indiana | 24 | #294 | #375 |
| Georgia | 34 | #307 | #745 |
| Michigan | 29 | #307 | #738 |
| South Carolina | 16 | #316 | — |
| Illinois | 33 | #327 | #939 |
| Oregon | 11 | #333 | #603 |
| Arizona | 21 | #334 | #878 |
| Virginia | 23 | #348 | #1,116 |
| California | 93 | #351 | #522 |
| Tennessee | 23 | #354 | #699 |
| Washington | 20 | #358 | #785 |
| Maryland | 15 | #362 | #812 |
| Alabama | 13 | #377 | #637 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #392 | — |
| New York | 40 | #429 | #550 |
| New Jersey | 18 | #432 | #876 |
| Florida | 35 | #521 | #1,203 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #547 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #565 | #689 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #579 | #422 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,007 | #305 | — | — |
| 2024 | 849 | #368 | — | — |
| 2023 | 808 | #381 | — | — |
| 2022 | 685 | #464 | — | — |
| 2021 | 647 | #486 | — | — |
| 2020 | 583 | #519 | — | — |
| 2019 | 545 | #563 | — | — |
| 2018 | 470 | #636 | — | — |
| 2017 | 507 | #591 | — | — |
| 2016 | 498 | #604 | — | — |
| 2015 | 423 | #675 | — | — |
| 2014 | 439 | #650 | — | — |
| 2013 | 360 | #753 | — | — |
| 2012 | 400 | #703 | — | — |
| 2011 | 399 | #699 | — | — |
| 2010 | 343 | #797 | — | — |
| 2009 | 371 | #766 | — | — |
| 2008 | 399 | #743 | — | — |
| 2007 | 406 | #720 | — | — |
| 2006 | 393 | #718 | — | — |
| 2005 | 469 | #606 | — | — |
| 2004 | 413 | #662 | — | — |
| 2003 | 427 | #629 | — | — |
| 2002 | 399 | #638 | — | — |
| 2001 | 408 | #615 | — | — |
| 2000 | 453 | #576 | — | — |
| 1999 | 462 | #544 | — | — |
| 1998 | 481 | #523 | — | — |
| 1997 | 452 | #526 | — | — |
| 1996 | 531 | #470 | — | — |
| 1995 | 541 | #467 | — | — |
| 1994 | 567 | #447 | — | — |
| 1993 | 562 | #444 | — | — |
| 1992 | 603 | #421 | — | — |
| 1991 | 610 | #419 | — | — |
| 1990 | 632 | #409 | — | — |
| 1989 | 673 | #376 | 6 | #7,256 |
| 1988 | 707 | #351 | 8 | #5,344 |
| 1987 | 669 | #355 | — | — |
| 1986 | 664 | #358 | — | — |
| 1985 | 655 | #360 | 5 | #6,848 |
| 1984 | 617 | #371 | — | — |
| 1983 | 795 | #293 | 6 | #5,686 |
| 1982 | 777 | #313 | 7 | #5,190 |
| 1981 | 784 | #310 | — | — |
| 1980 | 771 | #313 | 6 | #5,734 |
| 1979 | 782 | #306 | 5 | #6,332 |
| 1978 | 757 | #310 | 5 | #6,094 |
| 1977 | 864 | #274 | — | — |
| 1976 | 782 | #292 | — | — |
| 1975 | 860 | #282 | 6 | #4,993 |
| 1974 | 950 | #267 | — | — |
| 1973 | 994 | #253 | — | — |
| 1972 | 1,066 | #252 | 5 | #5,193 |
| 1971 | 1,287 | #233 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1,437 | #217 | 9 | #3,356 |
| 1969 | 1,683 | #191 | — | — |
| 1968 | 1,705 | #189 | — | — |
| 1967 | 1,777 | #182 | 6 | #3,669 |
| 1966 | 2,059 | #166 | 6 | #3,639 |
| 1965 | 2,498 | #149 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1964 | 2,826 | #142 | 12 | #2,455 |
| 1963 | 3,121 | #134 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 1962 | 3,614 | #125 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1961 | 3,868 | #118 | 19 | #1,898 |
| 1960 | 4,315 | #112 | 9 | #2,931 |
| 1959 | 4,454 | #105 | 7 | #3,372 |
| 1958 | 4,743 | #101 | 9 | #2,890 |
| 1957 | 5,013 | #96 | 9 | #2,884 |
| 1956 | 5,310 | #89 | 8 | #3,035 |
| 1955 | 5,635 | #77 | 6 | #3,616 |
| 1954 | 5,825 | #74 | 6 | #3,554 |
| 1953 | 5,496 | #77 | 10 | #2,587 |
| 1952 | 5,650 | #73 | 13 | #2,179 |
| 1951 | 6,069 | #66 | 11 | #2,415 |
| 1950 | 6,037 | #60 | 9 | #2,632 |
| 1949 | 6,214 | #57 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1948 | 6,403 | #53 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1947 | 7,059 | #50 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1946 | 6,803 | #47 | 13 | #2,062 |
| 1945 | 5,887 | #44 | 9 | #2,445 |
| 1944 | 5,629 | #46 | 19 | #1,590 |
| 1943 | 5,966 | #46 | 18 | #1,721 |
| 1942 | 5,986 | #45 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1941 | 5,376 | #44 | 28 | #1,260 |
| 1940 | 4,782 | #50 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1939 | 4,785 | #45 | 15 | #1,819 |
| 1938 | 4,835 | #42 | 20 | #1,534 |
| 1937 | 4,526 | #45 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 1936 | 4,259 | #50 | 15 | #1,827 |
| 1935 | 4,080 | #51 | 19 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 3,900 | #54 | 13 | #2,047 |
| 1933 | 3,572 | #61 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1932 | 3,575 | #68 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 1931 | 3,622 | #72 | 10 | #2,525 |
| 1930 | 3,954 | #69 | 7 | #3,380 |
| 1929 | 3,852 | #67 | 12 | #2,355 |
| 1928 | 4,004 | #68 | 17 | #1,922 |
| 1927 | 4,110 | #69 | 16 | #2,064 |
| 1926 | 4,004 | #68 | 15 | #2,100 |
| 1925 | 3,776 | #73 | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1924 | 3,802 | #73 | 7 | #3,604 |
| 1923 | 3,212 | #87 | 9 | #3,019 |
| 1922 | 2,792 | #102 | 6 | #3,975 |
| 1921 | 2,922 | #97 | 9 | #3,046 |
| 1920 | 2,433 | #107 | 7 | #3,589 |
| 1919 | 1,688 | #136 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,473 | #152 | 6 | #3,851 |
| 1917 | 1,281 | #160 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,236 | #161 | — | — |
| 1915 | 1,212 | #155 | — | — |
| 1914 | 568 | #221 | — | — |
| 1913 | 411 | #238 | — | — |
| 1912 | 313 | #252 | — | — |
| 1911 | 199 | #274 | — | — |
| 1910 | 195 | #279 | — | — |
| 1909 | 139 | #309 | — | — |
| 1908 | 129 | #313 | — | — |
| 1907 | 103 | #347 | — | — |
| 1906 | 82 | #376 | — | — |
| 1905 | 79 | #380 | — | — |
| 1904 | 57 | #428 | — | — |
| 1903 | 53 | #437 | — | — |
| 1902 | 48 | #455 | — | — |
| 1901 | 43 | #452 | — | — |
| 1900 | 50 | #479 | — | — |
| 1899 | 27 | #596 | — | — |
| 1898 | 29 | #598 | — | — |
| 1897 | 30 | #541 | — | — |
| 1896 | 38 | #469 | — | — |
| 1895 | 21 | #691 | — | — |
| 1894 | 20 | #669 | — | — |
| 1893 | 24 | #579 | — | — |
| 1892 | 22 | #597 | — | — |
| 1891 | 16 | #674 | — | — |
| 1890 | 12 | #800 | — | — |
| 1889 | 8 | #967 | — | — |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,066 | — | — |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,068 | — | — |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,151 | — | — |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,068 | — | — |
| 1883 | 5 | #957 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #857 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).