Elin Girl
How popular is Elin?
#3,067 girl name in 2025
53 baby girls were named Elin in the US in 2025, making it the 3067th most popular girl name.
Elin popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,067 for girls (▼ 534 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 53 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-82% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #923 in 2015, #1,578 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (428 girls) |
| Highest rank | #662 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1893 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 4% boys, 96% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elaine family of names ranked #245 for girls in 2025 (#258 the year before), with 1,372 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elaine | 1,007 | 73% |
| Ellen | 230 | 17% |
| Elin | 53 | 4% |
| Elayne | 40 | 3% |
| Eline | 14 | 1% |
| Ellyn | 7 | 1% |
| Elen | 8 | 1% |
| Elene | 13 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elin is most popular
Babies named Elin per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.4 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Elin by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 14 | #1,023 |
| 1900s | 25 | #1,658 |
| 1910s | 87 | #1,896 |
| 1920s | 85 | #2,762 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,340 |
| 1940s | 164 | #1,899 |
| 1950s | 138 | #2,340 |
| 1960s | 109 | #2,921 |
| 1970s | 111 | #4,037 |
| 1980s | 145 | #3,529 |
| 1990s | 143 | #4,375 |
| 2000s | 369 | #2,773 |
| 2010s | 3,032 | #662 |
| 2020s | 553 | #1,577 |
Girl names about as popular as Elin
Questions
- Is Elin a boy or girl name?
- Elin is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Elin were girls.
- How popular is the name Elin?
- 53 baby girls were named Elin in the US in 2025, making it the 3067th most popular girl name.
- When was Elin most popular?
- Elin peaked in 2011, when 428 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #662 in 2011.
- How many people are named Elin?
- 5,204 babies have been named Elin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,802 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Elin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elin was most common in Minnesota, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.