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How popular is the name Elaine?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elaines are alive today.
Elaine (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 29 in 2025, ranked 1133rd. The name peaked in 1954, when around 3,600 babies were given the name, the 18th most popular that year. It has declined since 1954; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 58,000 babies have been named Elaine in England and Wales since 1944. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Elaine you are most likely to meet is around 72 years old. Half of all Elaines born in England and Wales are between 64 and 75, and there are at least 55,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 16% chance that at least one of them will be called Elaine.
How many babies are named Elaine each year?
Where does Elaine rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Elaine most popular?
Elaine peaked in 1954, when around 3,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Elaine?
At least 55,000 people named Elaine born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Elaine?
Most living Elaines are between 64 and 75; the most common age is about 72.
Is Elaine becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1954 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.