Girls' name · since 1896
Elina
Elina has 6,193 recorded births since 1896 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #764 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,193
- born since 1896
- 2010s
- peak decade
6,193 babies have been named Elina since 1896, making it today's #764 girls' name.
Elina has 6,193 recorded births among girls since 1896, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #764 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1896 to 2025.
- #2,246 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #764 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,193 born since 1896
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elina ranks #2,246 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #764 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,193 born since 1896, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #764 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,193
- born since 1896
- 2010s
- peak decade
Elina's 6,193 recorded births place it above 96.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Elina compares
6,193 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elina's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,193 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 358 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elina splits its recorded history at 1979: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 358 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1896–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 358
- Annual births at peak, across 130 years of records
Elina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,324 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Elina's strongest decade.
2,324 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Elina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 15
1890s
15 births
- 1900s 17
1900s
17 births
- 1910s 51
1910s
51 births
- 1920s 33
1920s
33 births
- 1930s 38
1930s
38 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 37
1950s
37 births
- 1960s 64
1960s
64 births
- 1970s 110
1970s
110 births
- 1980s 181
1980s
181 births
- 1990s 311
1990s
311 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,115 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,324 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,880 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,324 births (38% of all-time use).
How Elina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Elina's total volume
Elina by state
Where Elina concentrates geographically, total births since 1896
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,277 | 20.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 527 | 8.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 519 | 8.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 301 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 229 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Washington | | 173 | 2.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 162 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 128 | 2.1% |
1,277 of 6,193 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Elina appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Elina's data
- Elina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,324 total births) through the 2020s (1,880) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Elinas (1,277 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~129 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1896–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.