How Many People Are Named Elin?
people named Elin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 71,398 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,204 babies named Elin in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
428 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Scandinavian and Welsh form of HELEN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Elin, 96.9% were girls and 3.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 96.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elin alive today is about 17 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elin first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 2011, to 428 babies. In 2025, 53 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elin has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #662, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #3,077.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,077 |
| Best rank | #662 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #904 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elin were born in California than in any other state: about 434 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elin was given 7 times as often in Minnesota, 2.9 times in Iowa and 2.2 times in Wisconsin.
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