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.
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 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 12,155 of them was named Elin, which outranked 91.0% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,571Kailany134
- #1,571Mayra134
- #1,571Zaira134
- #1,578Elin133
- #1,578Ananya133
- #1,578Anneliese133
- #1,578Dayanna133
- #1,587Emry132
- #1,587Lucinda132
- #1,587Pepper132
Tied with 8 names at #1,578; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 156,916 of them was named Elin, which outranked 50.0% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,620Zlatan12
- #6,620Zuhair12
- #6,620Zyree12
- #7,034Elin11
- #7,034Aalam11
- #7,034Abdou11
- #7,034Abdulkareem11
- #7,502Aadhyan10
- #7,502Aalijah10
- #7,502Aamari10
Tied with 467 names at #7,034; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.