Elaina Girl
How popular is Elaina?
#267 girl name in 2025
1,176 baby girls were named Elaina in the US in 2025, making it the 267th most popular girl name.
Elaina popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #267 for girls (▼ 13 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,176 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #292 in 2015, #250 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (1,256 girls) |
| Highest rank | #250 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1941 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elaina counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elaina family of names ranked #243 for girls in 2025 (#231 the year before), with 1,377 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elaina | 1,176 | 85% |
| Elayna | 171 | 12% |
| Ellaina | 10 | 1% |
| Ellayna | 5 | 0% |
| Elainah | 6 | 0% |
| Elaynah | 9 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elaina is most popular
Babies named Elaina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 2.3 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Maine: 2.3 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Montana: 1.9 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- New Hampshire: 1.8 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Kentucky: 1.8 per 1,000 (157 girls)
Elaina by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 192 | #1,587 |
| 1950s | 388 | #1,265 |
| 1960s | 954 | #908 |
| 1970s | 1,172 | #669 |
| 1980s | 2,002 | #743 |
| 1990s | 3,222 | #555 |
| 2000s | 6,420 | #430 |
| 2010s | 10,656 | #267 |
| 2020s | 7,214 | #250 |
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Questions
- Is Elaina a boy or girl name?
- Elaina is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elaina were girls.
- How popular is the name Elaina?
- 1,176 baby girls were named Elaina in the US in 2025, making it the 267th most popular girl name.
- When was Elaina most popular?
- Elaina peaked in 2024, when 1,256 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #250 in 2020.
- How many people are named Elaina?
- 32,220 babies have been named Elaina in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,681 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Elaina most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elaina was most common in West Virginia, at 2.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.