Elmina
- #8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 834since 1880
Elmina over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Elmina has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 |
| 1916 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elmina was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Elmina is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
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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 Elmina
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 6,726 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 424 spots in 1892
- Biggest drop: 541 spots in 1891
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #628 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1882–1884
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,374
- Highest: 1 in 11,374 girls born in 1880 were named Elmina (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 20.4% of all girls named Elmina (170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 39 | #628 (1880) | #756 |
| 1890s | 60 | #791 (1890) | #1,135 |
| 1900s | 55 | #1,204 (1903) | #1,476 |
| 1910s | 170 | #1,297 (1912) | #1,645 |
| 1920s | 144 | #1,927 (1921) | #2,541 |
| 1930s | 88 | #2,130 (1932) | #3,265 |
| 1940s | 37 | #3,378 (1944) | #4,131 |
| 1950s | 6 | #5,208 (1955) | #5,208 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 6 | #7,680 (1974) | #7,680 |
| 1980s | 14 | #8,047 (1983) | #8,136 |
| 1990s | 46 | #9,260 (1998) | #11,430 |
| 2000s | 52 | #9,671 (2003) | #14,334 |
| 2010s | 68 | #9,711 (2012) | #12,634 |
| 2020s | 49 | #8,362 (2025) | #11,383 |
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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