Elina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LEE-na
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #576 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #764 for girls
Elina is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 576th for girls in the UK (74 babies) and 764th for girls in the US (355 babies).
What does Elina mean?
Greek: Finnish and Greek form of Helen
A form of Helen used in Finland, Greece and elsewhere.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Elina a girl's or a boy's name?
Elina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 girls in the UK and 355 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 576th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 74 about 1 in 3,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 74 girls in the UK were named Elina, making it the 576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 639th.
2025 had the most girls named Elina of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Elina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 573rd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Elina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #576 |
| 2024 | 60 | #687 |
| 2023 | 68 | #609 |
| 2022 | 58 | #697 |
| 2021 | 53 | #768 |
| 2020 | 65 | #639 |
| 2019 | 57 | #738 |
| 2018 | 49 | #832 |
| 2017 | 45 | #916 |
| 2016 | 44 | #917 |
| 2015 | 45 | #887 |
| 2014 | 49 | #850 |
| 2013 | 53 | #783 |
| 2012 | 47 | #866 |
| 2011 | 42 | #923 |
| 2010 | 42 | #900 |
| 2009 | 42 | #879 |
| 2008 | 40 | #890 |
| 2007 | 35 | #941 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Elina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 764th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 355 about 1 in 4,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 355 girls in the US were named Elina, making it the 764th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 358 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Elina in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 377 girls in the US were given Elina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #731, up from #764 for this spelling alone.
- Elina 355
- Ellina 17
- Elinah 5
Elina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 355 | #764 |
| 2024 | 358 | #787 |
| 2023 | 308 | #871 |
| 2022 | 327 | #854 |
| 2021 | 272 | #956 |
| 2020 | 260 | #981 |
| 2019 | 287 | #922 |
| 2018 | 261 | #999 |
| 2017 | 210 | #1,172 |
| 2016 | 246 | #1,061 |
| 2015 | 249 | #1,055 |
| 2014 | 231 | #1,104 |
| 2013 | 216 | #1,121 |
| 2012 | 210 | #1,167 |
| 2011 | 232 | #1,061 |
| 2010 | 182 | #1,296 |
| 2009 | 215 | #1,167 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,395 |
| 2007 | 153 | #1,510 |
| 2006 | 147 | #1,495 |
| 2005 | 110 | #1,777 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,436 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,670 |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,567 |
| 2000 | 61 | #2,476 |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,145 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,012 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,163 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
Names like Elina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra, Elena, Athena, Eliana, Fatima, Myla, Zara, Elora, Isla, Eliza, Mila, Emilia
Other spellings of Elina
Names related to Elina
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elina, updated 20 October 2026.