Elin

Girl · EL-in · Greek

Elin is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 929th for girls in the UK (40 babies) and 3,067th for girls in the US (53 babies).

What does Elin mean?

Greek: Welsh and Scandinavian form of Helen

A form of Helen used in Wales and Scandinavia.

Say it: EL-in

Is Elin a girl's or a boy's name?

Elin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls in the UK and 53 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elin in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #929among girls
Babies in 2025: 40about 1 in 7,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 34% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were named Elin, making it the 929th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 691st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 109 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Elin since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Elin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 105 girls in the UK were given Elin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #421, up from #929 for this spelling alone.

Ellen 45
Elin 40
Elan 11
Elen 9

Among girls in 2025, it was 872nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 109 in 20032025

Elin in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	40	#929
2024	52	#785
2023	42	#913
2022	68	#613
2021	53	#768
2020	58	#691
2019	65	#651
2018	80	#574
2017	84	#557
2016	60	#736
2015	81	#574
2014	86	#550
2013	93	#502
2012	85	#552
2011	95	#493
2010	105	#453
2009	91	#495
2008	80	#531
2007	96	#460
2006	80	#515
2005	82	#487
2004	77	#493
2003	109	#376
2002	84	#430
2001	78	#441
2000	69	#480
1999	92	#389
1998	67	#490
1997	59	#523
1996	67	#477

How popular is Elin in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,067among girls
Babies in 2025: 53about 1 in 30,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling fastdown 61% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 53 girls in the US were named Elin, making it the 3,067th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,578th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 428 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Elin than any year since 2006.

Half of all the girls named Elin in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 303 girls in the US were given Elin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #837, up from #3,067 for this spelling alone.

Ellen 230
Elin 53
Elen 8
Ellyn 7
Elan 5

1893Busiest: 428 in 20112025

Elin in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	53	#3,067
2024	70	#2,533
2023	74	#2,415
2022	90	#2,123
2021	133	#1,577
2020	133	#1,578
2019	177	#1,295
2018	201	#1,190
2017	227	#1,108
2016	267	#991
2015	297	#923
2014	384	#729
2013	329	#817
2012	336	#797
2011	428	#662
2010	386	#726
2009	61	#2,851
2008	65	#2,773
2007	58	#3,023
2006	45	#3,504
2005	39	#3,726
2004	39	#3,685
2003	17	#6,571
2002	17	#6,386
2001	15	#6,951
2000	13	#7,574
1999	10	#8,798
1998	11	#8,011
1997	10	#8,329
1996	13	#6,718
1995	15	#5,953
1994	17	#5,440
1993	16	#5,667
1992	13	#6,645
1991	16	#5,653
1990	22	#4,375
1989	10	#7,443
1988	11	#6,661
1987	16	#4,853
1986	15	#4,961
1985	16	#4,633
1984	17	#4,317
1983	10	#6,210
1982	23	#3,529
1981	11	#5,884
1980	16	#4,516
1979	15	#4,625
1978	12	#5,214
1977	10	#5,886
1976	14	#4,361
1975	11	#5,159
1974	14	#4,226
1973	7	#6,664
1972	14	#4,091
1971	0	–
1970	14	#4,037
1969	10	#4,722
1968	7	#5,641
1967	8	#4,981
1966	6	#5,808
1965	12	#3,732
1964	17	#3,107
1963	7	#5,295
1962	18	#2,921
1961	12	#3,792
1960	12	#3,687
1959	15	#3,103
1958	13	#3,378
1957	9	#4,201
1956	12	#3,492
1955	12	#3,376
1954	15	#2,888
1953	12	#3,268
1952	14	#2,920
1951	18	#2,390
1950	18	#2,340
1949	10	#3,392
1948	23	#2,007
1947	21	#2,145
1946	15	#2,481
1945	17	#2,059
1944	15	#2,286
1943	21	#1,899
1942	16	#2,213
1941	14	#2,271
1940	12	#2,423
1939	10	#2,734
1938	13	#2,340
1937	6	#3,798
1936	11	#2,520
1935	6	#3,740
1934	6	#3,800
1933	7	#3,405
1932	8	#3,272
1931	0	–
1930	10	#2,844
1929	10	#2,920
1928	8	#3,434
1927	8	#3,559
1926	8	#3,563
1925	9	#3,361
1924	6	#4,432
1923	8	#3,640
1922	9	#3,377
1921	12	#2,762
1920	7	#3,955
1919	9	#3,217
1918	9	#3,243
1917	10	#2,878
1916	14	#2,246
1915	7	#3,433
1914	13	#1,896
1913	8	#2,330
1912	6	#2,632
1911	6	#2,191
1910	5	#2,398
1909	7	#1,763
1908	6	#1,862
1907	6	#1,820
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	6	#1,658
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	5	#1,484
1893	9	#1,023

Names like Elin

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Elin

Ellen Elan Elen Ellyn

Names related to Elin

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