Recorded 1941–2025 · United States
Elaina was most popular in 2024, when 1,256 American babies were given the name — ranking #536 that year. In 2025 it ranked #562, with 1,176 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 32,220 people named Elaina.
Elaina first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1941, which makes it about 84 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 85 of the 85 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 32,220 American births named Elaina between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 31,639 are estimated to be alive today.
1,176 American babies were named Elaina in 2025, ranking #562 that year.
Elaina is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,201 births a year, against 1,025 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +17% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Elaina is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 32,220 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 31,639 Americans named Elaina are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 7 and 26.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org