# Elif (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elif/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,534 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,534 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,321, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 3,463 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,912 |
| 2013 | 54 | 3,053 |
| 2014 | 75 | 2,423 |
| 2015 | 53 | 3,146 |
| 2016 | 69 | 2,572 |
| 2017 | 68 | 2,580 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,655 |
| 2019 | 52 | 3,102 |
| 2020 | 81 | 2,222 |
| 2021 | 85 | 2,191 |
| 2022 | 106 | 1,900 |
| 2023 | 90 | 2,129 |
| 2024 | 115 | 1,755 |
| 2025 | 101 | 1,915 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 629 |
| 2012 | 64 | 647 |
| 2013 | 49 | 784 |
| 2014 | 67 | 608 |
| 2015 | 83 | 517 |
| 2016 | 73 | 573 |
| 2017 | 68 | 616 |
| 2018 | 63 | 641 |
| 2019 | 76 | 532 |
| 2020 | 57 | 655 |
| 2021 | 44 | 812 |
| 2022 | 50 | 729 |
| 2023 | 47 | 754 |
| 2024 | 55 | 686 |
| 2025 | 54 | 684 |

## People named Elif

- Elif Batuman, American writer and academic

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.