Elif — #1767 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elif

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,429 babies named Elif between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elif currently holds the #1767 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elif performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 589 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elif shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 221 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Elif in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elif in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,429 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.