Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elaine

#158 most common girls' name of all time · #304 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#158
Rank overall
#304 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
263,543
Since 2016
6,599
Peak year
1947 #50
Best rank
#42 1938
Girls Boys peak 7,072/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Elaine is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,007 — 1,007 #304
2024 849 — 849 #368
2023 808 — 808 #381
2022 685 — 685 #463
2021 647 — 647 #486
2020 583 — 583 #519
2019 545 — 545 #564
2018 470 — 470 #636
2017 507 — 507 #591
2016 498 — 498 #604
2015 423 — 423 #674
2014 439 — 439 #650
2013 360 — 360 #753
2012 400 — 400 #702
2011 399 — 399 #699
2010 343 — 343 #798
2009 371 — 371 #766
2008 399 — 399 #742
2007 406 — 406 #720
2006 393 — 393 #718
2005 469 — 469 #606
2004 413 — 413 #662
2003 427 — 427 #629
2002 399 — 399 #638
2001 408 — 408 #615
2000 453 — 453 #576
1999 462 — 462 #544
1998 481 — 481 #523
1997 452 — 452 #526
1996 531 — 531 #470
1995 541 — 541 #467
1994 567 — 567 #447
1993 562 — 562 #444
1992 603 — 603 #421
1991 610 — 610 #418
1990 632 — 632 #409
1989 673 6 679 #376
1988 707 8 715 #350
1987 669 — 669 #355
1986 664 — 664 #358
1985 655 5 660 #360
1984 617 — 617 #371
1983 795 6 801 #293
1982 777 7 784 #313
1981 784 — 784 #309
1980 771 6 777 #313
1979 782 5 787 #306
1978 757 5 762 #310
1977 864 — 864 #274
1976 782 — 782 #292
1975 860 6 866 #282
1974 950 — 950 #267
1973 994 — 994 #253
1972 1,066 5 1,071 #252
1971 1,287 — 1,287 #233
1970 1,437 9 1,446 #217
1969 1,683 — 1,683 #191
1968 1,705 — 1,705 #189
1967 1,777 6 1,783 #182
1966 2,059 6 2,065 #167
1965 2,498 12 2,510 #149
1964 2,826 12 2,838 #142
1963 3,121 5 3,126 #134
1962 3,614 10 3,624 #125
1961 3,868 19 3,887 #118
1960 4,315 9 4,324 #112
1959 4,454 7 4,461 #105
1958 4,743 9 4,752 #101
1957 5,013 9 5,022 #96
1956 5,310 8 5,318 #89
1955 5,635 6 5,641 #77
1954 5,825 6 5,831 #74
1953 5,496 10 5,506 #77
1952 5,650 13 5,663 #73
1951 6,069 11 6,080 #66
1950 6,037 9 6,046 #60
1949 6,214 12 6,226 #57
1948 6,403 9 6,412 #53
1947 7,059 13 7,072 #50
1946 6,803 13 6,816 #47
1945 5,887 9 5,896 #44
1944 5,629 19 5,648 #46
1943 5,966 18 5,984 #46
1942 5,986 19 6,005 #45
1941 5,376 28 5,404 #44
1940 4,782 15 4,797 #50
1939 4,785 15 4,800 #45
1938 4,835 20 4,855 #42
1937 4,526 22 4,548 #45
1936 4,259 15 4,274 #50
1935 4,080 19 4,099 #51
1934 3,900 13 3,913 #54
1933 3,572 8 3,580 #61
1932 3,575 17 3,592 #68
1931 3,622 10 3,632 #72
1930 3,954 7 3,961 #69
1929 3,852 12 3,864 #67
1928 4,004 17 4,021 #68
1927 4,110 16 4,126 #69
1926 4,004 15 4,019 #68
1925 3,776 13 3,789 #73
1924 3,802 7 3,809 #73
1923 3,212 9 3,221 #87
1922 2,792 6 2,798 #102
1921 2,922 9 2,931 #97
1920 2,433 7 2,440 #107
1919 1,688 — 1,688 #136
1918 1,473 6 1,479 #152
1917 1,281 — 1,281 #160
1916 1,236 — 1,236 #161
1915 1,212 — 1,212 #155
1914 568 — 568 #221
1913 411 — 411 #239
1912 313 — 313 #252
1911 199 — 199 #274
1910 195 — 195 #279
1909 139 — 139 #310
1908 129 — 129 #313
1907 103 — 103 #349
1906 82 — 82 #381
1905 79 — 79 #381
1904 57 — 57 #429
1903 53 — 53 #439
1902 48 — 48 #457
1901 43 — 43 #457
1900 50 — 50 #480
1899 27 — 27 #600
1898 29 — 29 #603
1897 30 — 30 #550
1896 38 — 38 #476
1895 21 — 21 #696
1894 20 — 20 #673
1893 24 — 24 #587
1892 22 — 22 #611
1891 16 — 16 #683
1890 12 — 12 #811
1889 8 — 8 #973
1888 7 — 7 #1,052
1887 6 — 6 #1,057
1886 5 — 5 #1,127
1884 5 — 5 #1,045
1883 5 — 5 #952
1880 5 — 5 #857