Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elin

#2,413 most common girls' name of all time · #4,105 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1893–2025

Rank among girls
#2,413
Rank overall
#4,105 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
5,204
Since 2016
1,480
Peak year
2011 #662
Best rank
#662 2011
Girls Boys peak 428/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Elin first appears in 1893. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 53 — 53 #3,070
2024 70 — 70 #2,536
2023 74 — 74 #2,418
2022 90 9 99 #2,126
2021 133 — 133 #1,578
2020 133 11 144 #1,579
2019 177 14 191 #1,296
2018 201 7 208 #1,190
2017 227 7 234 #1,108
2016 267 7 274 #991
2015 297 12 309 #924
2014 384 9 393 #731
2013 329 14 343 #817
2012 336 10 346 #798
2011 428 — 428 #662
2010 386 16 402 #726
2009 61 — 61 #2,860
2008 65 5 70 #2,778
2007 58 — 58 #3,025
2006 45 5 50 #3,508
2005 39 — 39 #3,744
2004 39 6 45 #3,695
2003 17 5 22 #6,599
2002 17 5 22 #6,415
2001 15 — 15 #6,982
2000 13 5 18 #7,611
1999 10 — 10 #8,849
1998 11 — 11 #8,055
1997 10 — 10 #8,371
1996 13 — 13 #6,758
1995 15 — 15 #5,984
1994 17 — 17 #5,478
1993 16 — 16 #5,704
1992 13 5 18 #6,695
1991 16 — 16 #5,691
1990 22 — 22 #4,395
1989 10 — 10 #7,497
1988 11 — 11 #6,707
1987 16 — 16 #4,888
1986 15 — 15 #4,993
1985 16 — 16 #4,669
1984 17 — 17 #4,338
1983 10 — 10 #6,265
1982 23 — 23 #3,539
1981 11 — 11 #5,930
1980 16 — 16 #4,545
1979 15 — 15 #4,650
1978 12 — 12 #5,249
1977 10 — 10 #5,933
1976 14 — 14 #4,402
1975 11 — 11 #5,208
1974 14 — 14 #4,250
1973 7 — 7 #6,752
1972 14 — 14 #4,113
1970 14 — 14 #4,070
1969 10 — 10 #4,759
1968 7 — 7 #5,714
1967 8 — 8 #5,048
1966 6 — 6 #5,904
1965 12 — 12 #3,777
1964 17 — 17 #3,140
1963 7 — 7 #5,392
1962 18 — 18 #2,950
1961 12 — 12 #3,836
1960 12 — 12 #3,738
1959 15 — 15 #3,140
1958 13 — 13 #3,422
1957 9 — 9 #4,263
1956 12 — 12 #3,542
1955 12 — 12 #3,425
1954 15 — 15 #2,923
1953 12 — 12 #3,325
1952 14 — 14 #2,953
1951 18 — 18 #2,424
1950 18 — 18 #2,371
1949 10 — 10 #3,440
1948 23 — 23 #2,028
1947 21 — 21 #2,168
1946 15 — 15 #2,520
1945 17 — 17 #2,091
1944 15 — 15 #2,332
1943 21 — 21 #1,921
1942 16 — 16 #2,247
1941 14 — 14 #2,308
1940 12 — 12 #2,474
1939 10 — 10 #2,799
1938 13 — 13 #2,382
1937 6 — 6 #3,892
1936 11 — 11 #2,578
1935 6 — 6 #3,841
1934 6 — 6 #3,891
1933 7 — 7 #3,494
1932 8 — 8 #3,351
1930 10 — 10 #2,913
1929 10 — 10 #3,001
1928 8 — 8 #3,512
1927 8 — 8 #3,636
1926 8 — 8 #3,635
1925 9 — 9 #3,430
1924 6 — 6 #4,526
1923 8 — 8 #3,714
1922 9 — 9 #3,440
1921 12 — 12 #2,840
1920 7 — 7 #4,073
1919 9 — 9 #3,265
1918 9 — 9 #3,311
1917 10 — 10 #2,962
1916 14 — 14 #2,299
1915 7 — 7 #3,533
1914 13 — 13 #1,955
1913 8 — 8 #2,401
1912 6 — 6 #2,745
1911 6 — 6 #2,289
1910 5 — 5 #2,534
1909 7 — 7 #1,865
1908 6 — 6 #1,980
1907 6 — 6 #1,952
1904 6 — 6 #1,784
1894 5 — 5 #1,641
1893 9 — 9 #1,089