Elayne
Elayne is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 42 births. Its best rank was 732nd, in 1924.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 420.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1946104 births
- Best rank
- #732in 1924
- Since 1912
- 4,074people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,074 girls have been named Elayne in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1946, with 104 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elayne | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 128 | |
| 1920s | 761 | |
| 1930s | 531 | |
| 1940s | 740 | |
| 1950s | 538 | |
| 1960s | 306 | |
| 1970s | 145 | |
| 1980s | 141 | |
| 1990s | 197 | |
| 2000s | 175 | |
| 2010s | 255 | |
| 2020s | 157 |
In 1946, its biggest year
Elayne was the 811th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1946 were Mary, Linda, Patricia, Barbara and Carol. See all of 1946.
Names that rose and fell with Elayne
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosemarypeak 1947
- Annellepeak 1947
- Eilenepeak 1946
- Charlynepeak 1946
- Earleenpeak 1927
- Socorropeak 1929
- Lorrainepeak 1928
- Marvellapeak 1927
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.