Elina

Elina was the #764 girls' name in the US in 2025 (355 babies), and #573 in England & Wales and #345 in Canada.

Elina as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Elina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandEngland & WalesUSIreland
Elina as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#764 (355)#573 (69)#539 (5)#885 (3)#345 (91)
2024#787 (358)#647 (60)—#736 (4)#434 (70)
2023#871 (308)#583 (66)—#727 (4)#435 (67)
2022#854 (327)#655 (57)—#905 (3)#548 (52)
2021#956 (272)#747 (50)#792 (3)—#577 (52)
2020#981 (260)#609 (63)—#834 (3)#456 (65)
2019#922 (287)#717 (54)#765 (3)#716 (4)#520 (61)
2018#999 (261)#791 (48)——#442 (73)
2017#1,172 (210)#915 (41)#666 (4)—#519 (61)
2016#1,061 (246)#881 (42)——#554 (56)
2015#1,055 (249)#871 (42)#806 (3)#660 (5)#549 (56)
2014#1,104 (231)#802 (48)——#567 (55)
2013#1,121 (216)#772 (50)#816 (3)#459 (9)#666 (43)
2012#1,167 (210)#857 (44)#815 (3)#768 (4)#526 (57)
2011#1,061 (232)#894 (40)——#714 (39)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #787.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1896.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elina is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elina by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #575ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #829NYMassachusetts: #481MAOregon: #619ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #530CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #780TXFlorida: #583FL
Elina (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#28619
Ontario2024#46227

Elina (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ElinaCanadaGirls#34591
ElinaEngland & WalesGirls#57369
ElinaIrelandGirls#8853
ElinaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElinaScotlandGirls#5395
ElinaUSGirls#764355