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Elaine
Pronounced /ɪˈleɪn/
Rank in 2024
#369
Born in 2024
843
Peak year
1947 · #50
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 843 girls were named Elaine, about 1 in every 1,914.
- It peaked in 1947 with 7,058 babies, ranked #50.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 261,872 girls have been named Elaine since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Elaine per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.8Greatest1901–27
- 4.0Silent1928–45
- 2.7Boomers1946–64
- 0.8Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 36,359 babies, 1.78 per 1,000. Silent: 82,591 babies, 4.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 98,451 babies, 2.75 per 1,000. Gen X: 20,275 babies, 0.79 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,387 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,675 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,804 babies, 0.34 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Old French Elaine, a variant of Elene, cognate to Helen, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). A Celtic origin has also been suggested since the name appears in Arthurian legend. Doublet of Helen.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ɪˈleɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Elaine, CC BY-SA 4.0.