NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Elaine Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Elaine: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 262,890 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
262,890
Peak year
1947 #50
Years on the list
143
10-year trend
+53.5%

In the 1940s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011399#699
2012400#703
2013360#753
2014439#650
2015423#675
2016498#604
2017507#591
2018470#636
2019545#563
2020583#519
2021647#486
2022685#464
2023808#381
2024849#368
20251,007#305

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1947

NY
946
PA
745
MA
503
OH
410
NJ
398
MI
359

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