The name Elaine is of Old French origin, and is a variation of Helen.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Elaine has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Elaine
Use of the Name Elaine for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
251,692
76,983
14,613
4,548
2,086
833
410
The table below indicates the number of times the name Elaine has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Elaine
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
857
5
1881
1882
1883
957
5
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
968
8
1890
800
12
1891
674
16
1892
597
22
1893
579
24
1894
669
20
1895
691
21
1896
469
38
1897
541
30
1898
598
29
1899
596
27
1900
479
50
1901
452
43
1902
456
48
1903
432
54
1904
424
58
1905
381
79
1906
379
81
1907
346
103
1908
312
129
1909
310
138
1910
277
196
1911
273
199
1912
252
312
1913
238
411
1914
221
569
1915
155
1,211
1916
161
1,237
1917
160
1,279
1918
152
1,476
1919
136
1,685
1920
107
2,431
1921
97
2,921
1922
102
2,799
1923
87
3,209
1924
73
3,803
1925
73
3,776
1926
68
4,000
1927
69
4,100
1928
68
4,006
1929
67
3,847
1930
69
3,953
1931
72
3,621
1932
68
3,572
1933
61
3,569
1934
54
3,896
1935
51
4,080
1936
50
4,261
1937
45
4,525
1938
42
4,836
1939
45
4,790
1940
50
4,783
1941
44
5,366
1942
45
5,991
1943
46
5,951
1944
46
5,621
1945
44
5,890
1946
47
6,788
1947
50
7,065
1948
53
6,383
1949
57
6,214
1950
60
6,038
1951
66
6,051
1952
73
5,642
1953
77
5,490
1954
74
5,826
1955
77
5,628
1956
89
5,311
1957
96
5,007
1958
101
4,746
1959
106
4,452
1960
112
4,309
1961
117
3,868
1962
126
3,611
1963
133
3,123
1964
142
2,820
1965
149
2,496
1966
166
2,059
1967
182
1,777
1968
189
1,704
1969
189
1,687
1970
217
1,436
1971
234
1,284
1972
251
1,070
1973
253
992
1974
267
955
1975
282
857
1976
292
782
1977
278
858
1978
309
758
1979
306
780
1980
315
765
1981
308
787
1982
313
775
1983
293
793
1984
370
617
1985
362
653
1986
359
660
1987
355
667
1988
352
705
1989
376
673
1990
409
631
1991
420
609
1992
417
604
1993
445
560
1994
447
566
1995
466
540
1996
470
531
1997
526
451
1998
523
480
1999
549
460
2000
577
449
2001
616
407
2002
637
397
2003
628
423
2004
657
410
Totals:
251,692
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Elaine as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Elaine appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 118 times during the last 125 years.