Is Elif a boy or girl name?

Elif is a girl’s name. Of the 1,534 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Elif

Recorded 1977–2025 · United States

Elif was most popular in 2024, when 115 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,233 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,508, with 101 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,534 people named Elif.

Elif over time

Births per year. The dot marks Elif’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Elif a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elif is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,534 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Elif

Where Elif is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org