# Elin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elin/  
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 | 5,204 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 152 / 5,052 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,222, 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 | 428 | 662 |
| 2012 | 336 | 797 |
| 2013 | 329 | 817 |
| 2014 | 384 | 732 |
| 2015 | 297 | 923 |
| 2016 | 267 | 991 |
| 2017 | 227 | 1,111 |
| 2018 | 201 | 1,190 |
| 2019 | 177 | 1,296 |
| 2020 | 133 | 1,581 |
| 2021 | 133 | 1,578 |
| 2022 | 90 | 2,126 |
| 2023 | 74 | 2,427 |
| 2024 | 70 | 2,538 |
| 2025 | 53 | 3,077 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 11,409 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,354 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12,595 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,113 |
| 2010 | 16 | 5,557 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,715 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,004 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,333 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,792 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,956 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,997 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9,979 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,188 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,158 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,499 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 474 |
| 2012 | 83 | 516 |
| 2013 | 90 | 466 |
| 2014 | 83 | 508 |
| 2015 | 77 | 564 |
| 2016 | 59 | 693 |
| 2017 | 83 | 514 |
| 2018 | 79 | 532 |
| 2019 | 60 | 651 |
| 2020 | 57 | 655 |
| 2021 | 52 | 720 |
| 2022 | 67 | 576 |
| 2023 | 40 | 888 |
| 2024 | 52 | 722 |
| 2025 | 40 | 872 |

## People named Elin

- Elin Pelin, Bulgarian writer (1877-1949)
- Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Finland Swedish painter (1861–1919)
- Elin Nilsen, cross-country skier
- Elin Topuzakov, Bulgarian footballer
- Elin Suleymanov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan
- Elin Kallio, Finnish gymnast (1859-1927)

## 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.