Elina Girl
How popular is Elina?
#764 girl name in 2025
355 baby girls were named Elina in the US in 2025, making it the 764th most popular girl name.
Elina popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #764 for girls (▲ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 355 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,055 in 2015, #981 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (358 girls) |
| Highest rank | #764 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1896 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elina counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elina family of names ranked #684 for girls in 2025 (#692 the year before), with 392 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elina | 355 | 91% |
| Ellina | 17 | 4% |
| Elyna | 15 | 4% |
| Elinah | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elina is most popular
Babies named Elina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.4 per 1,000 (340 girls)
- Illinois: 0.4 per 1,000 (81 girls)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.3 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.3 per 1,000 (18 girls)
Elina by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | #1,122 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 51 | #2,163 |
| 1920s | 33 | #2,956 |
| 1930s | 38 | #2,748 |
| 1940s | 17 | #4,195 |
| 1950s | 37 | #4,466 |
| 1960s | 64 | #4,197 |
| 1970s | 110 | #3,777 |
| 1980s | 181 | #3,232 |
| 1990s | 311 | #2,783 |
| 2000s | 1,115 | #1,167 |
| 2010s | 2,324 | #922 |
| 2020s | 1,880 | #764 |
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Questions
- Is Elina a boy or girl name?
- Elina is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elina were girls.
- How popular is the name Elina?
- 355 baby girls were named Elina in the US in 2025, making it the 764th most popular girl name.
- When was Elina most popular?
- Elina peaked in 2024, when 358 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #764 in 2025.
- How many people are named Elina?
- 6,193 babies have been named Elina in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,988 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Elina most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elina was most common in California, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.