Elin
#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #8,300
Given to girls 97.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 428 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,052since 1893
Elin over time
Rank among girls' names. Elin has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,067 | 53 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,533 | 70 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,415 | 74 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,123 | 90 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #1,577 | 133 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,578 | 133 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #1,295 | 177 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #1,190 | 201 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #1,108 | 227 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #991 | 267 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #923 | 297 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #729 | 384 | #8,130 | 9 |
| 2013 | #817 | 329 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #797 | 336 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #662 | 428 | — | |
| 2010 | #726 | 386 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,773 | 65 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #3,023 | 58 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,505 | 45 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,689 | 39 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Elin! It came in at #1,023, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Elin is popular in 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Minnesota#187 · 1 in 779
- Iowa#262 · 1 in 1,064
- Colorado#406 · 1 in 1,748
- Michigan#492 · 1 in 2,449
- Washington#496 · 1 in 2,294
Best ever in a state: #110 in North Dakota, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #187 | 31 | 1 in 779 |
| Iowa | #262 | 12 | 1 in 1,064 |
| Colorado | #406 | 13 | 1 in 1,748 |
| Michigan | #492 | 17 | 1 in 2,449 |
| Washington | #496 | 13 | 1 in 2,294 |
| Wisconsin | #536 | 9 | 1 in 2,563 |
| North Carolina | #576 | 15 | 1 in 2,953 |
| Kansas | #607 | 5 | 1 in 2,574 |
| Pennsylvania | #617 | 15 | 1 in 3,472 |
| Ohio | #627 | 15 | 1 in 3,506 |
| Virginia | #680 | 10 | 1 in 3,628 |
| Georgia | #700 | 13 | 1 in 3,581 |
| Kentucky | #718 | 5 | 1 in 3,699 |
| Indiana | #724 | 8 | 1 in 3,729 |
| South Carolina | #735 | 5 | 1 in 3,503 |
| Illinois | #790 | 13 | 1 in 4,458 |
| California | #832 | 40 | 1 in 5,129 |
| New York | #1,324 | 10 | 1 in 9,126 |
| Florida | #1,408 | 8 | 1 in 10,145 |
| Texas | #1,428 | 16 | 1 in 10,061 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elin
- 534 spots since 2024 (#2,533 → #3,067)
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#1,578 → #3,067)
- 2,144 spots since 2015 (#923 → #3,067)
- Biggest jump: 2,126 spots in 2010 (#2,852 → #726)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 2015 (#729 → #923)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 2011 at #662 (428 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2010–2016
- Highest: 1 in 4,110 girls born in 2011 were named Elin (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 60.0% of all girls named Elin (3,032) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 14 | #1,023 (1893) | #1,254 |
| 1900s | 25 | #1,659 (1904) | #1,776 |
| 1910s | 87 | #1,896 (1914) | #2,647 |
| 1920s | 85 | #2,762 (1921) | #3,502 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,340 (1938) | #3,163 |
| 1940s | 164 | #1,900 (1943) | #2,319 |
| 1950s | 138 | #2,341 (1950) | #3,137 |
| 1960s | 109 | #2,922 (1962) | #4,370 |
| 1970s | 111 | #4,038 (1970) | #4,919 |
| 1980s | 145 | #3,530 (1982) | #5,303 |
| 1990s | 143 | #4,380 (1990) | #6,565 |
| 2000s | 369 | #2,773 (2008) | #4,708 |
| 2010s | 3,032 | #662 (2011) | #924 |
| 2020s | 553 | #1,577 (2021) | #2,216 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elin in 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 5,334 of them was named Elin, which outranked 95.8% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 135,113 of them was named Elin, which outranked 57.9% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,659Zein15
- #5,659Zoe15
- #5,659Zymier15
- #5,923Elin14
- #5,923Aaban14
- #5,923Aariv14
- #5,923Abdoul14
- #6,241Aadan13
- #6,241Aadil13
- #6,241Abdalla13
Tied with 317 names at #5,923; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.