Elaina
Girl · e-LAY-na · Greek
Elaina is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 884th for girls in the UK (43 babies) and 267th for girls in the US (1,176 babies).
What does Elaina mean?
Greek: spelling of Elaine or Elena, forms of Helen
A modern spelling of Elaine or Elena, both forms of Helen.
- Say it
- e-LAY-na
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Is Elaina a girl's or a boy's name?
Elaina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the UK and 1,176 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elaina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #884among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the UK were named Elaina, making it the 884th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 892nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 59 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elaina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 431 girls in the UK were given Elaina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #147, up from #884 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 951st in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Elaina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #884 |
| 2024 | 59 | #694 |
| 2023 | 47 | #827 |
| 2022 | 45 | #847 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 43 | #892 |
| 2019 | 40 | #960 |
| 2018 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 36 | #1,056 |
| 2015 | 50 | #830 |
| 2014 | 53 | #792 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 35 | #1,078 |
| 2011 | 31 | #1,165 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Elaina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #267among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,176about 1 in 1,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,176 girls in the US were named Elaina, making it the 267th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 250th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 1,256 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the girls named Elaina in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,305 girls in the US were given Elaina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #33, up from #267 for this spelling alone.
Elaina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,176 | #267 |
| 2024 | 1,256 | #254 |
| 2023 | 1,151 | #272 |
| 2022 | 1,219 | #255 |
| 2021 | 1,203 | #257 |
| 2020 | 1,209 | #250 |
| 2019 | 1,170 | #281 |
| 2018 | 1,214 | #271 |
| 2017 | 1,144 | #285 |
| 2016 | 1,189 | #267 |
| 2015 | 1,109 | #292 |
| 2014 | 1,151 | #282 |
| 2013 | 1,037 | #308 |
| 2012 | 932 | #336 |
| 2011 | 897 | #361 |
| 2010 | 813 | #392 |
| 2009 | 666 | #465 |
| 2008 | 685 | #462 |
| 2007 | 763 | #430 |
| 2006 | 717 | #445 |
| 2005 | 695 | #439 |
| 2004 | 658 | #456 |
| 2003 | 650 | #460 |
| 2002 | 522 | #527 |
| 2001 | 530 | #511 |
| 2000 | 534 | #505 |
| 1999 | 454 | #555 |
| 1998 | 354 | #652 |
| 1997 | 303 | #708 |
| 1996 | 353 | #636 |
| 1995 | 341 | #638 |
| 1994 | 358 | #618 |
| 1993 | 280 | #742 |
| 1992 | 270 | #766 |
| 1991 | 267 | #769 |
| 1990 | 242 | #813 |
| 1989 | 238 | #798 |
| 1988 | 219 | #831 |
| 1987 | 188 | #893 |
| 1986 | 203 | #825 |
| 1985 | 191 | #848 |
| 1984 | 167 | #894 |
| 1983 | 193 | #804 |
| 1982 | 212 | #774 |
| 1981 | 222 | #743 |
| 1980 | 169 | #898 |
| 1979 | 164 | #905 |
| 1978 | 238 | #669 |
| 1977 | 145 | #952 |
| 1976 | 83 | #1,307 |
| 1975 | 85 | #1,301 |
| 1974 | 122 | #994 |
| 1973 | 64 | #1,478 |
| 1972 | 71 | #1,394 |
| 1971 | 103 | #1,133 |
| 1970 | 97 | #1,182 |
| 1969 | 106 | #1,066 |
| 1968 | 100 | #1,042 |
| 1967 | 100 | #1,028 |
| 1966 | 111 | #966 |
| 1965 | 123 | #908 |
| 1964 | 119 | #969 |
| 1963 | 99 | #1,087 |
| 1962 | 78 | #1,247 |
| 1961 | 62 | #1,419 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,466 |
| 1959 | 67 | #1,305 |
| 1958 | 70 | #1,265 |
| 1957 | 66 | #1,300 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,057 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,838 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,701 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,632 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,587 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,750 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,045 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,189 |
Nicknames for Elaina
- Lainey 257 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elaina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Elaina
Elena Elayna Ellena Eleena Elaynah Elenna Ellaina Elainna Elainah Ellayna
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