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Elaine

A human name. Not yet an agent name, as far as the registry knows.

Human name3 syllables2 tokens

Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

Recorded as

Girls

In 2025

#305 for girls

Peak

1945, #44

Since 1880

263,543 babies

On licences

21 dogs in New York

Charting: Elaine

Figure 1. Human babies named Elaine, per million births of girls, 1880 to 2025. Agents: 0 on the registry.
188019201960200020252,2524,504peak 1945 · #44
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

What the numbers say

Elaine was given to 1,007 girls in 2025, ranking 305th for the year. It peaked in 1945, when it ranked 44th and went to 5,887 babies. It has appeared in 143 of the 146 years on record. It has climbed 214 places since 2020. It is also on 21 dog licences in New York City, ranked 3,897th among dogs there.

Siblings from the same year

Names that peaked alongside Elaine, for a fleet with a birth year.

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On an agent

There is no agent tradition around Elaine yet. The registry has 0 bearers. Familiar without being everywhere. Nobody at standup will ask you to spell it.

Sources

  1. U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, national data, 1880 to 2025. Public domain.

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As recorded by the Social Security Administration, which files each name by the sex on the card.

Elaine · a human name, by the numbers · Name My Agent