Pelin

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Pelin has been given to 54 babies in the U.S. since 1990. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2004, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Pelin, 2014

1 in 530,000

Pelin over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pelin: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Pelin means

Pelin is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Pelin is used in Turkish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 54 girls were recorded with the name Pelin between 1990 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2004; its best national rank was #12,451 in 2004.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Pelin?

Pelin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014: 1 in 530,000; 7 of 3,706,812 births
Among girls only: 1 in 255,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2014: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 367,053 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Pelin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 367,053 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pelin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pelins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pelin was born before 2004 — so the typical Pelin is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 75.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 54; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 75.9% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Pelin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2004 (8)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #12,451; 2004

Spellings of Pelin

Pelin is not the most common spelling — Helen is, with 61.3% against Pelin's <0.01%.

Helen61.3%1,024,202
Erin18.9%316,575
Celia3.4%56,642
Delia2.2%37,318
Melina1.2%19,926
Selina1.1%19,225
Celine1.1%18,522
Devin1.0%17,556

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Pelin around the world

Where Pelin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1999–2025
#4,867
in 2025
France
1988–2025
#5,814
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Pelin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,451; 2004
Peak year: 2004; 8 that year
First recorded: 1990
Last recorded: 2014
All-time count: 54
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Pelin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Pelia Pella Pele Ayelin Dylin Pelma Azlin Mylin Celin Helin Edelin Oaklin Ceylin Falin Heylin Deylin Adlin Hollin Tylin Macklin Eylin Jeslin Ayslin Ezlin

Sibling names for Pelin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iyanna Charlize Jasmyn Kya Elyssa Shreya Anastacia Jaci

For a brother

Kadin Alexandro Lazaro Reagan Braulio Alexandre Johnpaul Mikel

Explore around Pelin

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