How rare is the name Elin?

5,072 people in the United States have the first name Elin, about 1 in 59,549. It ranks #3,874 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ELIN

#3,874

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,072
About
1 in 59,549
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,072 people named Elin, 76.1% reported their origin as White, 10.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 93.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elin peaked in 2011, when 428 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18932025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
428
In 2025*
53 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,204 babies have been given the name since 1893. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Elin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,624. The largest share of babies named Elin, 48.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#3,18714
1900s#3,37425
1910s#4,46687
1920s#5,85285
1930s#5,41277
1940s#3,770164
1950s#4,897138
1960s#6,177109
1970s#7,771111
1980s#7,847145
1990s#9,984148
2000s#6,239400
2010s#1,6243,128
2020s#3,660573
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.4%
Silent Generation 1928–453.7%
Baby boom 1946–645.2%
Generation X 1965–803.3%
Millennials 1981–964.7%
Generation Z 1997–1230.9%
2013 and later48.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Elin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elin has been most common in Minnesota (6.3×), North Dakota (3.1×), and Colorado (2.7×), and least common in Missouri (0.51×).

2,971 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Elin

1 other first name also has 5,072 people.

#3,874 Krzysztof · 5,072

Either side of Elin

#3,872 Abigayle · 5,073#3,872 Melani · 5,073#3,874 Krzysztof · 5,072#3,876 Louella · 5,067

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elin, most common first.

#3,194 Elina · 6,769#3,260 Elian · 6,543#4,737 Elan · 3,834#7,030 Elon · 2,218#7,862 Elwin · 1,890#10,174 Elen · 1,324#15,170 Elain · 763#15,714 Elyn · 728

Also a last name

As a last name, Elin ranks #96,572 of 156,621, with 202 people. See Elin as a last name

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