Elmina
Girl · el-MEE-na
Elmina is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Elmina come from?
Uncertain; possibly a short form of Wilhelmina
- Say it
- el-MEE-na
Is Elmina a girl's or a boy's name?
Elmina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elmina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Elmina, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1916, with 26 girls.
2025 had more girls named Elmina than any year since 1933.
Half of all the girls named Elmina in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 1992. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Elmina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,201 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,952 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,017 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,211 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,855 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,818 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,405 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 11 | #908 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 12 | #791 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 10 | #686 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 8 | #678 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 8 | #628 |
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