Elaine

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Elaine: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Elaine: Recorded since 1952, it reached #6 in 1982, and it stood at #608 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
100times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#6highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for
11names it appears alongside

What stands out in Elaine's record

Held a top-100 place for 35 years running. Names by top-100 run
Shares a published list with another name across 59 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#823
1997	#850
1998	#995
1999	#900
2000	#1058
2001	#962
2002	#1192
2003	#1383
2004	#1535
2005	#1406
2006	#1748
2007	#1854
2008	#1718
2009	#1526
2010	#1731
2011	#1729
2012	#1525
2013	#1956
2014	#2058
2015	#2070
2016	#1689
2017	#1733
2018	#1977
2019	#1782
2020	#1687
2021	#1454
2022	#1081
2023	#1705
2024	#1160

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 59 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1160 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #71 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #6 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1982 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Elaine appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 59 ranked years and 10,652 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Elaine across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Elaine's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#58 (1964)	#6 (1982)	#608 (2025)	59 of 62	10,652 (1964–2025)	607 (1982)
England and Wales · Girls	#823 (1996)	#823 (1996)	#1160 (2024)	29 of 29	532 (1996–2024)	31 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#241 (1997)	#213 (1998)	#331 (2003)	3 of 7	16 (1997–2003)	7 (1998)
New Zealand · Girls	#68 (1954)	#68 (1954)	#94 (1958)	5 of 5	381 (1954–1958)	89 (1954)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#71 (1952)	#71 (1952)	#94 (1955)	4 of 4	396 (1952–1955)	120 (1952)

Elaine by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Elaine in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	1,086	6 of 10	181
1970s	4,006	10 of 10	401
1980sbusiest	4,176	10 of 10	418
1990s	1,113	10 of 10	111
2000s	196	10 of 10	20
2010s	50	8 of 10	6
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 418 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1982 and 1983, when recorded births fell by 160, from 607 to 447.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Elaine appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

Elaine's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1160	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1081	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1454	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1689	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#962	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1058	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#900	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#995	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#850	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#823	27	High	Verified
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New Zealand	female	#94	72	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#88	75	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#97	62	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#75	83	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#68	89	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#241	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	18	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	14	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	17	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	23	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	24	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	22	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	20	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	38	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	36	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	50	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#71	77	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	81	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#64	84	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#48	123	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#47	126	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#47	135	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#25	209	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#31	192	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#20	270	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#18	309	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#20	322	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#16	354	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#12	437	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#14	434	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#13	447	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#6	607	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#13	489	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#12	507	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#17	446	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#15	426	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#11	430	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#14	419	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#11	460	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#14	427	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#16	388	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#16	365	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#16	354	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#22	291	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#23	291	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#27	242	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#37	187	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#49	142	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	117	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	107	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 69 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #6, first reached in 1982.

It held a top-100 place in 42 years, 35 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 607 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Elaina · #337, 33y
Elan · #1107, 29y
Elana · #370, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Belinda · #6, 65y
Leanne · #6, 68y
Donna · #5, 72y
Frida · #5, 69y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Belinda · #6, 65y
Ben · #6, 72y
Craig · #6, 72y
Debra · #6, 57y

Comparisons involving Elaine

Existing comparison pages where Elaine and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Elaine in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Elaine vs Alice
In 1964 they stood at #58 and #57 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2025 they were #608 and #41.
Elaine · Alice · 59 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Elaine vs Orla
In 1964 they stood at #58 and #52 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 6 places apart; by 2025 they were #608 and #189.
Elaine · Orla · 59 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Elaine vs Jane
In 1964 they stood at #58 and #59 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2025 they were #608 and #213.
Elaine · Jane · 59 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Elaine and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Laura vs Elaine
In 1983, Laura moved ahead of Elaine in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #11 and #6 the year before became #3 and #13.
Laura · Elaine · 59 shared years, 1964–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1983 Republic of Ireland ranking
Emma vs Elaine
In 1983, Emma moved ahead of Elaine in Republic of Ireland · Girls — #8 and #6 the year before became #7 and #13.
Emma · Elaine · 59 shared years, 1964–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1983 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Elaine measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Elaine at its highest position.

Louise vs Elaine
In 1964 they stood at #54 and #58 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #213 and #608.
Louise · Elaine · 59 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Karen vs Elaine
Karen and Elaine changed places 18 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1964 and 2018, ending at #629 and #896.
Karen · Elaine · 54 shared years, 1964–2018 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2018 Republic of Ireland ranking
Linda vs Elaine
Linda and Elaine changed places 13 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1964 and 2025, ending at #718 and #608.
Linda · Elaine · 56 shared years, 1964–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Elaine was ranked #6 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1982. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Elaine and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Elaine without appearing here.

Elaine moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1782 and #5591.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1705 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1160 and #3695.
Levi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2070 and #2070 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1689 and #4096.
Kim Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2070 and #1961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1689 and #3609.

Moved ahead of Elaine

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2058 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #1240.
Mari Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1081 and #1180 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1705 and #921.
Alma Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1406 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1748 and #1087.
Thea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #491 and #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #896 and #244.

Moved the opposite way to Elaine

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elaine went from #58 to #608 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elaine went from #58 to #608 while Charlotte went from #171 to #43.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elaine went from #58 to #608 while Clodagh went from #149 to #47.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elaine went from #58 to #608 while Emily went from #180 to #6.

Moved the same way as Elaine

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elaine went from #58 to #608 and Audrey from #85 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elaine went from #58 to #608 and Eileen from #17 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elaine went from #58 to #608 and Ida from #372 to #885.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elaine went from #58 to #608 and Julia from #42 to #118.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #6 in Republic of Ireland in 1982. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elaine

Elaine at a glance

What stands out in Elaine's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elaine across 5 official records

Elaine by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Elaine appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Elaine

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Elaine

Elaine and the names beside it

Elaine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elaine

Moved the opposite way to Elaine

Moved the same way as Elaine

Elaine at a glance

What stands out in Elaine's record

Elaine across 5 official records

Elaine by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Elaine appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Elaine

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Names published alongside Elaine

Elaine and the names beside it

Elaine moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elaine

Moved the opposite way to Elaine

Moved the same way as Elaine