Meaning and history
Turkish form of Alif, the name of the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, ا, and also a word meaning “slender,” from the Turkish phrase elif gibi, literally “shaped like elif.”
20062006: 27 births, rank #5,086
2007: 32 births, rank #4,567
2008: 36 births, rank #4,268
2009: 38 births, rank #4,013
2010: 48 births, rank #3,360
20112011: 46 births, rank #3,452
2012: 59 births, rank #2,901
2013: 54 births, rank #3,042
2014: 75 births, rank #2,412
2015: 53 births, rank #3,129
20162016: 69 births, rank #2,560
2017: 68 births, rank #2,573
2018: 65 births, rank #2,647
2019: 52 births, rank #3,085
2020: 81 births, rank #2,216
20212021: 85 births, rank #2,186
2022: 106 births, rank #1,898
2023: 90 births, rank #2,124
2024: 115 births, rank #1,753
20252025: 101 births, rank #1,911
In 2025, 101 babies were recorded with the name Elif, ranking #1,911 among girls.