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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 5,446 of them was named Elsa, which outranked 94.5% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 313,801 of them was named Elsa, which outranked 14.0% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 908 names at #5,587; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.