# Elaine name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/elaine
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Elaine ranked #305 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #312.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #305
- Birth count: 1,007
- Rate per 10,000: 6.27

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Elaine
- Rank: #312
- Birth count: 1,007
- Rate per 10,000: 6.27
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.03
- Expected per school of 300: 0.09
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 3.0%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1945
- Best rank year: 1938
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 13.9%

## Spelling components
- Elaine: 1,007 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology