Baby name

Elin

Girl

Short-lived name

2011 was its best year: 428 births, or 1 baby in 8,547. Since then, the name has fallen 80%, to about 80 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 3067. 60% of all babies named Elin since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

5,052births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 662rank at its peak, in 2011

Where babies named Elin are born

2011

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The darker the blue, the more common Elin is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Elin is most common in Minnesota (6.7 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Erin 316,575
Elia 9,084
Elina 6,193
Elif 1,534
Selin 1,042
Lin 1,034

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