Elin — #2526 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elin

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,999 babies named Elin between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elin currently holds the #2526 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 428 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,032 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Elin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 431 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Elin in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elin 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 4,999 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.