Elif
#5,305 most common girls' name of all time · #8,996 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1977–2025
Rank among girls
#5,305
Rank overall
#8,996 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
1,534
Since 2016
832
Peak year
2024 #1,765
Best rank
#1,765 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 115/yr
Elif first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,922 |
| 2024 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,765 |
| 2023 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,133 |
| 2022 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,902 |
| 2021 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,232 |
| 2019 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,107 |
| 2018 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,669 |
| 2017 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,582 |
| 2016 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,578 |
| 2015 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,151 |
| 2014 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,428 |
| 2013 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,055 |
| 2012 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2011 | 46 | — | 46 | #3,474 |
| 2010 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,383 |
| 2009 | 38 | — | 38 | #4,060 |
| 2008 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,313 |
| 2007 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,624 |
| 2006 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,162 |
| 2005 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2004 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,037 |
| 2003 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,754 |
| 2002 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,502 |
| 2001 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,470 |
| 2000 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,209 |
| 1999 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,481 |
| 1998 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,554 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,042 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,420 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,476 |
| 1994 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,200 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,162 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,541 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,934 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,805 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,344 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,877 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,744 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,429 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,898 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,909 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,617 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,480 |