Elaine is a very popular girls' name that peaked in 1947 and has since faded.
Elaine is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #305 for girl births in the United States (and #652 across all names), given to 1,007 babies. Elaine was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1947 (7,059 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,007 | 1,007 | #305 | — |
| 2024 | 849 | 849 | #368 | — |
| 2023 | 808 | 808 | #381 | — |
| 2022 | 685 | 685 | #464 | — |
| 2021 | 647 | 647 | #486 | — |
| 2020 | 583 | 583 | #519 | — |
| 2019 | 545 | 545 | #563 | — |
| 2018 | 470 | 470 | #636 | — |
| 2017 | 507 | 507 | #591 | — |
| 2016 | 498 | 498 | #604 | — |
| 2015 | 423 | 423 | #675 | — |
| 2014 | 439 | 445 | #650 | — |
| 2013 | 360 | 360 | #753 | — |
| 2012 | 400 | 400 | #703 | — |
| 2011 | 399 | 399 | #699 | — |
| 2010 | 343 | 343 | #797 | — |
| 2009 | 371 | 371 | #766 | — |
| 2008 | 399 | 399 | #743 | — |
| 2007 | 406 | 406 | #720 | — |
| 2006 | 393 | 393 | #718 | — |
| 2005 | 469 | 469 | #606 | — |
| 2004 | 413 | 413 | #662 | — |
| 2003 | 427 | 436 | #629 | — |
| 2002 | 399 | 408 | #638 | — |
| 2001 | 408 | 421 | #615 | — |
| 2000 | 453 | 466 | #576 | — |
| 1999 | 462 | 472 | #544 | — |
| 1998 | 481 | 493 | #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 | 679 | — | #376 | #7,256 |
| 1988 | 715 | — | #351 | #5,344 |
| 1987 | 669 | — | #355 | — |
| 1986 | 664 | — | #358 | — |
| 1985 | 660 | — | #360 | #6,848 |
| 1984 | 617 | — | #371 | — |
| 1983 | 801 | — | #293 | #5,686 |
| 1982 | 784 | — | #313 | #5,190 |
| 1981 | 784 | — | #310 | — |
| 1980 | 777 | — | #313 | #5,734 |
| 1979 | 787 | — | #306 | #6,332 |
| 1978 | 762 | — | #310 | #6,094 |
| 1977 | 864 | — | #274 | — |
| 1976 | 782 | — | #292 | — |
| 1975 | 866 | — | #282 | #4,993 |
| 1974 | 950 | — | #267 | — |
| 1973 | 994 | — | #253 | — |
| 1972 | 1,071 | — | #252 | #5,193 |
| 1971 | 1,287 | — | #233 | — |
| 1970 | 1,446 | — | #217 | #3,356 |
| 1969 | 1,683 | — | #191 | — |
| 1968 | 1,705 | — | #189 | — |
| 1967 | 1,783 | — | #182 | #3,669 |
| 1966 | 2,065 | — | #166 | #3,639 |
| 1965 | 2,510 | — | #149 | #2,397 |
| 1964 | 2,838 | — | #142 | #2,455 |
| 1963 | 3,126 | — | #134 | #4,220 |
| 1962 | 3,624 | — | #125 | #2,723 |
| 1961 | 3,887 | — | #118 | #1,898 |
| 1960 | 4,324 | — | #112 | #2,931 |
| 1959 | 4,461 | — | #105 | #3,372 |
| 1958 | 4,752 | — | #101 | #2,890 |
| 1957 | 5,022 | — | #96 | #2,884 |
| 1956 | 5,318 | — | #89 | #3,035 |
| 1955 | 5,641 | — | #77 | #3,616 |
| 1954 | 5,831 | — | #74 | #3,554 |
| 1953 | 5,506 | — | #77 | #2,587 |
| 1952 | 5,663 | — | #73 | #2,179 |
| 1951 | 6,080 | — | #66 | #2,415 |
| 1950 | 6,046 | — | #60 | #2,632 |
| 1949 | 6,226 | — | #57 | #2,258 |
| 1948 | 6,412 | — | #53 | #2,660 |
| 1947 | 7,072 | — | #50 | #2,187 |
| 1946 | 6,816 | — | #47 | #2,062 |
| 1945 | 5,896 | — | #44 | #2,445 |
| 1944 | 5,648 | — | #46 | #1,590 |
| 1943 | 5,984 | — | #46 | #1,721 |
| 1942 | 6,005 | — | #45 | #1,643 |
| 1941 | 5,404 | — | #44 | #1,260 |
| 1940 | 4,797 | — | #50 | #1,828 |
| 1939 | 4,800 | — | #45 | #1,819 |
| 1938 | 4,855 | — | #42 | #1,534 |
| 1937 | 4,548 | — | #45 | #1,460 |
| 1936 | 4,274 | — | #50 | #1,827 |
| 1935 | 4,099 | — | #51 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 3,913 | — | #54 | #2,047 |
| 1933 | 3,580 | — | #61 | #2,801 |
| 1932 | 3,592 | — | #68 | #1,793 |
| 1931 | 3,632 | — | #72 | #2,525 |
| 1930 | 3,961 | — | #69 | #3,380 |
| 1929 | 3,864 | — | #67 | #2,355 |
| 1928 | 4,021 | — | #68 | #1,922 |
| 1927 | 4,126 | — | #69 | #2,064 |
| 1926 | 4,019 | — | #68 | #2,100 |
| 1925 | 3,789 | — | #73 | #2,340 |
| 1924 | 3,809 | — | #73 | #3,604 |
| 1923 | 3,221 | — | #87 | #3,019 |
| 1922 | 2,798 | — | #102 | #3,975 |
| 1921 | 2,931 | — | #97 | #3,046 |
| 1920 | 2,440 | — | #107 | #3,589 |
| 1919 | 1,688 | — | #136 | — |
| 1918 | 1,479 | — | #152 | #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 | — |