Elaine

Boy · recorded 1918–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1941best year

Most popular in 1941.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1918

0122319181936195419711989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 60 recorded years as a table
Elaine, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19186
19207
19218
19226
19238
19246
192512
192614
192714
192815
192911
19306
193110
193216
19338
193413
193518
193614
193721
193818
193914
194013
194123
194214
194313
194414
19457
19468
19477
19485
19497
19505
19516
19527
19535
19543
19553
19564
19574
19584
19593
19604
19619
19625
19632
19646
19656
19663
19673
19705
19723
19754
19783
19793
19803
19824
19833
19853
19884
19893

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Elaine isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
6
Rank in 1989
#6,941
How rare
1 in 333,488 boys
Since 1918
653

Elaine was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1941, at 23 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Elaine doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.