Girls' name · since 1903
Eline
390 babies named Eline in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,516 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 390
- born since 1903
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Eline is the #7516 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 390 recorded since 1903.
Eline has 390 recorded births among girls since 1903, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7516 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1903 to 2025.
- #13,722 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,516 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 390 born since 1903
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eline ranks #13,722 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,516 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 390 born since 1903, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,516 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 390
- born since 1903
- 2020s
- peak decade
Eline's 390 recorded births place it above 81.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Eline compares
390 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Eline's all-time total is 4% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eline | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 390 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Eline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eline splits its recorded history at 1966: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1903 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1903–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 123 years of records
Eline by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (122 births, 31% of the file).
2020s was Eline's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Eline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 47
1910s
47 births
- 1920s
1920s
54 births
- 1930s 19
1930s
19 births
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 122 births (31% of all-time use).
Eline by state
Where Eline concentrates geographically, total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 3.6% |
14 of 390 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Elines (14 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Eline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~122 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, 1903–2025 (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 Eline 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.