Elyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-in
- Origin
- Greek
Elyn is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Elyn mean?
Greek: spelling of Ellyn, itself a spelling of Ellen, a medieval English form of Helen
Ellen was the usual medieval English form of Helen, the name of Saint Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine.
Meaning borrowed from Ellyn.
Is Elyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Elyn is a girls' name.
How popular is Elyn in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 90 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Elyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 53 | #3,131 |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,167 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
Nicknames for Elyn
Names like Elyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elowyn Sevyn Londyn Lennon Oaklynn Lakelynn Gracelynn Lainey Lyra Leighton Everly Emerson
Names related to Elyn
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Elyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elyn, updated 20 October 2026.