Eline
Eline is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Eline Arbo, Norwegian theatre director and playwright Eline Berings, Belgian athlete who competes in the 100 m hurdles Eline Eriksen (1881–1963), wife of Edvard Eriksen, model for the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark Eline Flipse, film director of documentaries Eline Heger, née Schmidt (1774–1842), Danish stage actress and…
- Norwegian
- Dutch
- Danish
Meaning & Origin of Eline
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Eline is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Eline Arbo, Norwegian theatre director and playwright Eline Berings, Belgian athlete who competes in the 100 m hurdles Eline Eriksen (1881–1963), wife of Edvard Eriksen, model for the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark Eline Flipse, film director of documentaries Eline Heger, née Schmidt (1774–1842), Danish stage actress and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
- Dutch
- Danish
The Story of Eline
The earliest SSA record of Eline as a baby girl name dates back to 1903, when 5 babies received it. 2020 was its biggest year on record, with 25 newborns named Eline — #5,000 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Eline on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Eline ranks #6,120 for baby girls with 19 births, gradually rising (+10%). All told, over 414 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Eline
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About the name Eline
Eline is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1903 and has accumulated 414 births in the dataset. Eline's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #1,792. Use the chart and map above to compare Eline's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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