Else

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088

Peak · girls
1892 · 11 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
514
since 1884

Else over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Else has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #908, 1892girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#15,0885
2019#15,5395
2018#12,4647
2017#14,1246
2016
2015
2014
2013#9,03612
2012#11,2579
2011#13,3477
2010#14,9596
2009#15,2426
2008#15,4056
2007#12,6768
2006#15,1526
2005#10,12810
2004#16,0995
2003
2002#9,48210
2001#13,5216
2000#9,16310
1999#10,3458
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994#11,7786
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978#9,7505
1977
1976
1975
1974#7,6806
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968#6,2466
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962#6,5785
1961
1960
1959#5,5666
1958
1957
1956#5,3256
1955#5,8285
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946#3,6658
1945
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940#4,3495
1939
1938
1937#3,1468
1936#2,8579
1935#2,20614
1934#2,42412
1933#2,68810
1932#2,23514
1931#3,4977
1930#3,0559
1929#3,3948
1928#2,49713
1927#2,85911
1926#2,70812
1925
1924#4,4346
1923#4,3766
1922#5,0095
1921#3,16410
1920#3,9577
1919#2,51513
1918#4,2916
1917#2,69311
1916#3,5527
1915#3,1348
1914
1913#2,5407
1912#2,3607
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,8216
1906
1905
1904#1,6596
1903
1902#1,7935
1901
1900#1,5617
1899
1898#1,5026
1897
1896#1,2927
1895#93212
1894#1,4855
1893#95510
1892#90811
1891#1,0937
1890#1,0997
1889
1888
1887#1,1475
1886#1,1085
1885
1884#1,0245
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Else! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Else
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 553 spots in 1895 (#1,485#932)
  • Biggest drop: 530 spots in 1894 (#955#1,485)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1892 at #908 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1892–1893
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,304
  • Highest: 1 in 19,304 girls born in 1892 were named Else (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 16.1% of all girls named Else (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#1,024 (1884)#1,093
1890s65#908 (1892)#1,158
1900s24#1,561 (1900)#1,709
1910s59#2,360 (1912)#3,012
1920s78#2,497 (1928)#3,600
1930s83#2,206 (1935)#2,764
1940s13#3,665 (1946)#4,007
1950s17#5,325 (1956)#5,573
1960s11#6,246 (1968)#6,412
1970s11#7,680 (1974)#8,715
1980s0
1990s14#10,345 (1999)#11,062
2000s67#9,163 (2000)#12,985
2010s52#9,036 (2013)#12,961
2020s5#15,088 (2020)#15,088

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.

Else in 1884

girls
#1,024
5 births · 1 in 25,804 girls

Top girls' names in 1884

  1. #1Mary9,217
  2. #2Anna3,860
  3. #3Emma2,587
  4. #4Elizabeth2,549
  5. #5Minnie2,243
  6. #6Margaret2,142
  7. #7Ida1,882
  8. #8Clara1,852
  9. #9Bertha1,789
  10. #10Annie1,739
  11. #1,024Else5
More about 1884

girls

129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 25,804 of them was named Else, which outranked 12.6% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Else
  1. #930Winona6
  2. #930Zana6
  3. #930Zilpha6
  4. #1,024Else5
  5. #1,024Adrienne5
  6. #1,024Albert5
  7. #1,024Albertina5

Tied with 148 names at #1,024; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 686Belva#920#234
  2. 364Anner#920#556
  3. 354Nella#817#463
  4. 337Guadalupe#920#583
  5. 337Nelia#920#583
Fallers
  1. 488Roxy#536#1,024
  2. 463Fredericka#561#1,024
  3. 445Albert#579#1,024
  4. 409Roseanna#615#1,024
  5. 373Delpha#651#1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1884