Elin
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Elin
The Elin variation makes an old favorite sleeker and more modern. Elin came to prominence via the ex-Mrs.Tiger Woods and is now perhaps best known via novelist Elin Hildebrand.. It entered the US Top 1000 in 2010, though it's now dropped off again.
Elin is also given to boys.
Pronounced EL-in.
As of October 2026, Elin ranked #3077 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #662 in 2011, Nameberry popularity #954.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #732 | 384 | 215 |
| 2015 | #923 | 297 | 166.4 |
| 2016 | #991 | 267 | 150.7 |
| 2017 | #1,111 | 227 | 131.5 |
| 2018 | #1,190 | 201 | 118.2 |
| 2019 | #1,295 | 177 | 105.5 |
| 2020 | #1,581 | 133 | 82.3 |
| 2021 | #1,578 | 133 | 81.1 |
| 2022 | #2,126 | 90 | 54.9 |
| 2023 | #2,424 | 74 | 46.1 |
| 2024 | #2,529 | 70 | 43.2 |
| 2025 | #3,077 | 53 | 33 |
World rankings
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Elin on lists
Famous Elins
- Elin Maria Pernilla NordegrenGirl
Swedish model; ex,wife of golfer Tiger Woods
- Elin KlingGirl
Swedish fashion blogger
- Elin SnakenborgGirl
a maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I
- Elin Gustavsdotter StureGirl
Swedish noblewoman; consort of the regent Erik Axelsson
- Elin HilderbrandGirl
American novelist
- (Elin) Alberte Leonora WindingGirl
Danish singer and actress
- Elin LantoGirl
Swedish singer
- Elin Matilda Elisabet WägnerGirl
Swedish author, journalist and feminist
- Elin SigvardssonGirl
Swedish singer
- Elin NilsenGirl
Norwegian skier
- Elin Anna Maria HolmlövGirl
Swedish ice hockey player
- Elin KallioGirl
Finnish gymnast
- Elín Stefánsdóttir HirstGirl
Icelandic MP
- Elin Kleopatra DanielsonGirl
Gambogi, Finnish painter
Elin in pop culture
- ElinGirl
Swedish character on TV's "Psych"