Elina

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A few things about Elina you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Elina

Elina Svitolina

Ukrainian tennis player (born 1994)

Choose Elina and your child shares a first name with Elina Svitolina, an Ukrainian tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Elina, like who?” Elina Svitolina's Wikipedia article is available in 54 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Власність Міністерства молоді та спорту України, CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 4,527 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Elina, 355 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Elina would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryElina first shows up in US birth records in 1896, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 129 years since.
• 🏆Best yearElina is at its all-time high right now: #764 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowElina is 6.6× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 29,762 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 4,527.
• 🚀TrendElina has climbed 217 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #764. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedElina is most popular in Connecticut, where it ranks #393, followed by Massachusetts (#481) and Nevada (#508). It's in the top 1,000 in 24 states.

About the name Elina

Elina is a girl name. It has 5 letters and 3 syllables, starting with E and ending in “-ina”. US birth records list Elina for girls from 1896 to 2025, in 94 of those 130 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #764 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #764, with 355 babies.