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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Elin has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
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| 1899 | — | — | ||
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| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1893
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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Minnesota#731 · 1 in 3,580
- Georgia#1,533 · 1 in 9,042
- California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103
Best ever in a state: #110 in North Dakota, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#1,578 → #3,067)
- Biggest jump: 2,126 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 2015
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 2011 at #662 (428 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2010–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,110
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 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.
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