# Elina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elina/  
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 | 6,193 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,193 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,103, 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 | 232 | 1,062 |
| 2012 | 210 | 1,170 |
| 2013 | 216 | 1,121 |
| 2014 | 231 | 1,104 |
| 2015 | 249 | 1,061 |
| 2016 | 246 | 1,061 |
| 2017 | 210 | 1,175 |
| 2018 | 261 | 1,000 |
| 2019 | 287 | 924 |
| 2020 | 260 | 981 |
| 2021 | 272 | 957 |
| 2022 | 327 | 854 |
| 2023 | 308 | 874 |
| 2024 | 358 | 788 |
| 2025 | 355 | 764 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 894 |
| 2012 | 44 | 857 |
| 2013 | 50 | 772 |
| 2014 | 48 | 802 |
| 2015 | 42 | 871 |
| 2016 | 42 | 881 |
| 2017 | 41 | 915 |
| 2018 | 48 | 791 |
| 2019 | 54 | 717 |
| 2020 | 63 | 609 |
| 2021 | 50 | 747 |
| 2022 | 57 | 655 |
| 2023 | 66 | 583 |
| 2024 | 60 | 647 |
| 2025 | 69 | 573 |

## People named Elina

- Elina Nechayeva, Estonian soprano (born 1991)
- Elina Born, Estonian singer (born 1994)
- Elina Danielian, Armenian chess player
- Elina Valtonen, Finnish politician (born 1981)
- Elina Salo, Finnish actress
- Elina Duni, Albanian singer
- Elina Knihtilä, Finnish actress
- Elina Pohjanpää, Finnish actress (1933-1996)
- Elina Brotherus, Finnish photographer and video artist (born 1972)
- Elina Hirvonen, Finnish writer, journalist and documentarist
- Elina González Acha de Correa Morales, Argentine educator, scientist and women's rights activist
- Elina Colomer, Argentinian actor (1922-1987)

## 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.