How rare is the name Elaina?

23,181 people in the United States have the first name Elaina, about 1 in 13,029. It ranks #1,457 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELAINA

#1,457

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,181
About
1 in 13,029
This common or more
74.8%
Who bears it

Of the 23,181 people named Elaina, 67.5% reported their origin as White, 16.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elaina peaked in 2024, when 1,256 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19412025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
1,256
In 2025*
1,176 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 32,220 babies have been given the name since 1941. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Elaina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #549. The largest share of babies named Elaina, 47.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#3,466192
1950s#2,763388
1960s#1,848954
1970s#1,7991,172
1980s#1,4392,002
1990s#1,2573,222
2000s#8906,420
2010s#62110,656
2020s#5497,214
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–642.8%
Generation X 1965–805.8%
Millennials 1981–9612.2%
Generation Z 1997–1231.6%
2013 and later47.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Elaina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elaina has been most common in Arizona (1.6×), Washington (1.6×), and Indiana (1.5×), and least common in North Dakota (0.42×).

29,106 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Elaina

#1,455 Domingo · 23,214#1,456 Kendrick · 23,191#1,458 Zack · 23,160#1,459 Velma · 23,131

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elaina, most common first.

#313 Elaine · 176,185#2,706 Elana · 8,659#3,194 Elina · 6,769#4,832 Elayna · 3,728#10,767 Eloina · 1,221#15,170 Elain · 763#19,703 Ellaina · 533#20,345 Elanna · 509

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