Elmin — boys' name
108 babies named Elmin in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Elmin was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Elmin in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elmin
The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Elmin between 2001 and 2023, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elmin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elmin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Elmin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elmin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elmin 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 108 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.
Elmin at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elmin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2001
- Peak year (2013)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
108 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 10 births in a single year.
Elmin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 66 births that decade — 61% of Elmin's all-time total
Elmin decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Elmin's strongest decade
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Elmin by state
Where Elmin concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.6% |
5 of 108 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.