Elsa
#1,104 for girls in 2025, 216 births · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #5,587
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 160 births
- Debut · girls
- 20 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 30,710since 1880
Elsa over time
Rank among girls' names. Elsa has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,104 | 216 | — | |
| 2024 | #938 | 281 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,024 | 247 | — | |
| 2022 | #994 | 264 | — | |
| 2021 | #951 | 276 | — | |
| 2020 | #915 | 284 | — | |
| 2019 | #791 | 350 | — | |
| 2018 | #887 | 305 | — | |
| 2017 | #686 | 425 | — | |
| 2016 | #626 | 477 | — | |
| 2015 | #486 | 658 | — | |
| 2014 | #286 | 1,140 | — | |
| 2013 | #528 | 566 | — | |
| 2012 | #549 | 542 | — | |
| 2011 | #580 | 499 | — | |
| 2010 | #603 | 487 | — | |
| 2009 | #683 | 426 | — | |
| 2008 | #720 | 413 | — | |
| 2007 | #742 | 393 | — | |
| 2006 | #785 | 350 | — | |
| 2005 | #761 | 350 | — | |
| 2004 | #813 | 308 | — | |
| 2003 | #732 | 349 | — | |
| 2002 | #823 | 283 | — | |
| 2001 | #915 | 247 | — | |
| 2000 | #910 | 240 | — | |
| 1999 | #897 | 236 | — | |
| 1998 | #998 | 200 | — | |
| 1997 | #993 | 196 | — | |
| 1996 | #869 | 228 | — | |
| 1995 | #867 | 222 | — | |
| 1994 | #863 | 227 | — | |
| 1993 | #959 | 197 | — | |
| 1992 | #862 | 229 | — | |
| 1991 | #892 | 220 | — | |
| 1990 | #814 | 242 | — | |
| 1989 | #880 | 209 | — | |
| 1988 | #974 | 170 | — | |
| 1987 | #947 | 171 | — | |
| 1986 | #837 | 199 | — | |
| 1985 | #842 | 193 | — | |
| 1984 | #750 | 216 | — | |
| 1983 | #715 | 235 | — | |
| 1982 | #787 | 206 | — | |
| 1981 | #700 | 240 | — | |
| 1980 | #697 | 244 | — | |
| 1979 | #765 | 210 | — | |
| 1978 | #702 | 225 | — | |
| 1977 | #655 | 245 | — | |
| 1976 | #596 | 269 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #617 | 255 | — | |
| 1974 | #612 | 254 | — | |
| 1973 | #611 | 253 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #606 | 263 | — | |
| 1971 | #611 | 279 | — | |
| 1970 | #588 | 298 | — | |
| 1969 | #592 | 280 | — | |
| 1968 | #616 | 243 | — | |
| 1967 | #605 | 246 | — | |
| 1966 | #552 | 295 | — | |
| 1965 | #576 | 274 | — | |
| 1964 | #590 | 282 | — | |
| 1963 | #583 | 287 | — | |
| 1962 | #603 | 275 | — | |
| 1961 | #596 | 285 | — | |
| 1960 | #594 | 279 | — | |
| 1959 | #592 | 280 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #586 | 287 | — | |
| 1957 | #519 | 340 | — | |
| 1956 | #527 | 309 | — | |
| 1955 | #541 | 289 | — | |
| 1954 | #565 | 248 | — | |
| 1953 | #617 | 207 | — | |
| 1952 | #592 | 216 | — | |
| 1951 | #650 | 178 | — | |
| 1950 | #693 | 154 | — | |
| 1949 | #725 | 137 | — | |
| 1948 | #715 | 138 | — | |
| 1947 | #739 | 134 | — | |
| 1946 | #771 | 113 | — | |
| 1945 | #654 | 126 | — | |
| 1944 | #685 | 119 | — | |
| 1943 | #645 | 139 | — | |
| 1942 | #642 | 136 | — | |
| 1941 | #589 | 142 | — | |
| 1940 | #640 | 122 | — | |
| 1939 | #541 | 151 | — | |
| 1938 | #611 | 125 | — | |
| 1937 | #592 | 129 | — | |
| 1936 | #578 | 130 | — | |
| 1935 | #612 | 113 | — | |
| 1934 | #635 | 110 | — | |
| 1933 | #575 | 124 | — | |
| 1932 | #576 | 130 | — | |
| 1931 | #553 | 140 | — | |
| 1930 | #583 | 137 | — | |
| 1929 | #606 | 128 | — | |
| 1928 | #557 | 158 | — | |
| 1927 | #604 | 138 | — | |
| 1926 | #609 | 136 | — | |
| 1925 | #616 | 141 | — | |
| 1924 | #635 | 140 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #627 | 138 | — | |
| 1922 | #588 | 149 | — | |
| 1921 | #582 | 154 | — | |
| 1920 | #515 | 184 | — | |
| 1919 | #524 | 169 | — | |
| 1918 | #533 | 173 | — | |
| 1917 | #460 | 198 | — | |
| 1916 | #446 | 201 | — | |
| 1915 | #391 | 237 | — | |
| 1914 | #412 | 166 | — | |
| 1913 | #432 | 131 | — | |
| 1912 | #429 | 120 | — | |
| 1911 | #398 | 103 | — | |
| 1910 | #445 | 80 | — | |
| 1909 | #418 | 77 | — | |
| 1908 | #372 | 93 | — | |
| 1907 | #383 | 86 | — | |
| 1906 | #368 | 84 | — | |
| 1905 | #389 | 75 | — | |
| 1904 | #378 | 75 | — | |
| 1903 | #335 | 87 | — | |
| 1902 | #324 | 91 | — | |
| 1901 | #309 | 94 | — | |
| 1900 | #335 | 102 | — | |
| 1899 | #315 | 90 | — | |
| 1898 | #291 | 111 | — | |
| 1897 | #251 | 128 | — | |
| 1896 | #251 | 129 | — | |
| 1895 | #215 | 160 | — | |
| 1894 | #227 | 137 | — | |
| 1893 | #264 | 104 | — | |
| 1892 | #216 | 142 | — | |
| 1891 | #238 | 102 | — | |
| 1890 | #238 | 106 | — | |
| 1889 | #229 | 104 | — | |
| 1888 | #250 | 87 | — | |
| 1887 | #270 | 61 | — | |
| 1886 | #270 | 59 | — | |
| 1885 | #249 | 66 | — | |
| 1884 | #273 | 51 | — | |
| 1883 | #294 | 35 | — | |
| 1882 | #326 | 29 | — | |
| 1881 | #317 | 25 | — | |
| 1880 | #367 | 20 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elsa was already there! It came in at #367, and was given to 20 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 30 girls a year got the name.
See more about Elsa
- 166 spots since 2024 (#938 → #1,104)
- 189 spots since 2020 (#915 → #1,104)
- 618 spots since 2015 (#486 → #1,104)
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 2014 (#528 → #286)
- Biggest drop: 201 spots in 2018 (#686 → #887)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #215 (160 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–2022
- Highest: 1 in 1,460 girls born in 1895 were named Elsa (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,441 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 17.7% of all girls named Elsa (5,449) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 537 | #229 (1889) | #285 |
| 1890s | 1,209 | #215 (1895) | #251 |
| 1900s | 864 | #309 (1901) | #361 |
| 1910s | 1,578 | #391 (1915) | #447 |
| 1920s | 1,466 | #515 (1920) | #594 |
| 1930s | 1,289 | #541 (1939) | #586 |
| 1940s | 1,306 | #589 (1941) | #681 |
| 1950s | 2,508 | #519 (1957) | #588 |
| 1960s | 2,746 | #552 (1966) | #591 |
| 1970s | 2,551 | #588 (1970) | #636 |
| 1980s | 2,083 | #697 (1980) | #813 |
| 1990s | 2,197 | #814 (1990) | #901 |
| 2000s | 3,359 | #683 (2009) | #788 |
| 2010s | 5,449 | #286 (2014) | #602 |
| 2020s | 1,568 | #915 (2020) | #988 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elsa in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 8,921 of them was named Elsa, which outranked 89.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 226,548 of them was named Elsa, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 623 names at #4,347; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.