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Baby name
Elif
Girl
Origin of the name
Elif is a Turkish name, from the name of the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
Rising name
1,534births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 1753rank at its peak, in 2024
Where babies named Elif are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Elif is most common in New York (5.2 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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