Elaine Girl
How popular is Elaine?
#304 girl name in 2025
1,007 baby girls were named Elaine in the US in 2025, making it the 304th most popular girl name.
Elaine popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #304 for girls (▲ 64 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,007 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+138% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #674 in 2015, #519 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (7,059 girls) |
| Highest rank | #42 in 1938 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elaine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elaine family of names ranked #245 for girls in 2025 (#258 the year before), with 1,372 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elaine | 1,007 | 73% |
| Ellen | 230 | 17% |
| Elin | 53 | 4% |
| Elayne | 40 | 3% |
| Eline | 14 | 1% |
| Ellyn | 7 | 1% |
| Elen | 8 | 1% |
| Elene | 13 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elaine is most popular
Babies named Elaine per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Elaine by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 41 | #836 |
| 1890s | 239 | #467 |
| 1900s | 783 | #309 |
| 1910s | 8,576 | #136 |
| 1920s | 34,907 | #67 |
| 1930s | 41,108 | #42 |
| 1940s | 60,105 | #44 |
| 1950s | 54,232 | #60 |
| 1960s | 27,466 | #112 |
| 1970s | 9,779 | #217 |
| 1980s | 7,112 | #293 |
| 1990s | 5,441 | #409 |
| 2000s | 4,138 | #576 |
| 2010s | 4,384 | #563 |
| 2020s | 4,579 | #304 |
Girl names about as popular as Elaine
Questions
- Is Elaine a boy or girl name?
- Elaine is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elaine were girls.
- How popular is the name Elaine?
- 1,007 baby girls were named Elaine in the US in 2025, making it the 304th most popular girl name.
- When was Elaine most popular?
- Elaine peaked in 1947, when 7,059 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #42 in 1938.
- How many people are named Elaine?
- 263,543 babies have been named Elaine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 153,061 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 71.
- Where is Elaine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elaine was most common in Nebraska, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.