Elsie
#123 for girls in 2025, 2,236 births · Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,988
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 1,878 births
- Debut · girls
- 301 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 54 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 190,072since 1880
Elsie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #123 | 2,236 | — | |
| 2024 | #155 | 1,910 | — | |
| 2023 | #163 | 1,757 | — | |
| 2022 | #189 | 1,563 | — | |
| 2021 | #222 | 1,345 | — | |
| 2020 | #233 | 1,270 | — | |
| 2019 | #249 | 1,288 | — | |
| 2018 | #278 | 1,192 | — | |
| 2017 | #298 | 1,092 | — | |
| 2016 | #340 | 981 | — | |
| 2015 | #386 | 848 | — | |
| 2014 | #334 | 1,005 | — | |
| 2013 | #365 | 857 | — | |
| 2012 | #393 | 788 | — | |
| 2011 | #479 | 621 | — | |
| 2010 | #637 | 462 | — | |
| 2009 | #680 | 428 | — | |
| 2008 | #739 | 405 | — | |
| 2007 | #882 | 317 | — | |
| 2006 | #864 | 308 | — | |
| 2005 | #917 | 271 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,086 | 211 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,180 | 182 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,165 | 176 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,285 | 152 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,301 | 147 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,258 | 147 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,213 | 151 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,273 | 138 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,328 | 128 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,060 | 169 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,184 | 149 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,202 | 144 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,156 | 152 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,257 | 134 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,186 | 144 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,234 | 129 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,164 | 131 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,192 | 122 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,203 | 116 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,103 | 131 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,205 | 108 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,230 | 103 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,277 | 100 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,172 | 113 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,125 | 121 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,074 | 128 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,265 | 97 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,157 | 108 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,078 | 113 | — | |
| 1975 | #917 | 141 | — | |
| 1974 | #889 | 144 | — | |
| 1973 | #917 | 134 | — | |
| 1972 | #944 | 130 | — | |
| 1971 | #919 | 141 | — | |
| 1970 | #848 | 159 | — | |
| 1969 | #800 | 166 | — | |
| 1968 | #776 | 166 | — | |
| 1967 | #690 | 199 | — | |
| 1966 | #635 | 228 | — | |
| 1965 | #611 | 253 | — | |
| 1964 | #648 | 248 | — | |
| 1963 | #567 | 301 | — | |
| 1962 | #556 | 309 | — | |
| 1961 | #524 | 346 | — | |
| 1960 | #518 | 348 | — | |
| 1959 | #483 | 401 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #464 | 416 | — | |
| 1957 | #416 | 499 | — | |
| 1956 | #417 | 477 | — | |
| 1955 | #385 | 526 | — | |
| 1954 | #373 | 549 | — | |
| 1953 | #342 | 593 | — | |
| 1952 | #344 | 575 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #314 | 631 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #294 | 689 | — | |
| 1949 | #286 | 729 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #249 | 903 | — | |
| 1947 | #244 | 953 | — | |
| 1946 | #222 | 1,041 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #202 | 977 | — | |
| 1944 | #191 | 1,095 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #181 | 1,245 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #166 | 1,399 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #157 | 1,415 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #151 | 1,466 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #140 | 1,703 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #137 | 1,775 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #125 | 1,938 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #123 | 1,874 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #113 | 2,075 | #2,029 | 13 |
| 1934 | #107 | 2,270 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #99 | 2,376 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #97 | 2,554 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #86 | 2,807 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #88 | 2,973 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #78 | 3,230 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #73 | 3,470 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1927 | #72 | 3,803 | #1,198 | 36 |
| 1926 | #69 | 3,910 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #63 | 4,146 | #1,225 | 34 |
| 1924 | #61 | 4,499 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #61 | 4,550 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #59 | 4,618 | #2,143 | 15 |
| 1921 | #55 | 4,879 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #51 | 4,993 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #47 | 4,995 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #49 | 5,194 | #1,373 | 27 |
| 1917 | #50 | 4,939 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #48 | 5,027 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #41 | 4,967 | #1,600 | 19 |
| 1914 | #46 | 3,683 | #1,101 | 27 |
| 1913 | #40 | 3,209 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #42 | 2,895 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #41 | 2,224 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | #44 | 2,141 | #755 | 16 |
| 1909 | #39 | 2,064 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #41 | 1,983 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #43 | 1,872 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #40 | 1,771 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #40 | 1,811 | — | |
| 1904 | #39 | 1,719 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #38 | 1,720 | #656 | 12 |
| 1902 | #38 | 1,720 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #35 | 1,747 | #683 | 10 |
| 1900 | #38 | 2,045 | #649 | 15 |
| 1899 | #33 | 1,706 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #33 | 1,919 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #31 | 1,763 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #31 | 1,878 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #32 | 1,795 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #33 | 1,716 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #35 | 1,586 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #37 | 1,489 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #38 | 1,303 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #45 | 1,220 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #41 | 1,199 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #47 | 1,112 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #49 | 833 | — | |
| 1886 | #58 | 698 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #55 | 685 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #63 | 549 | — | |
| 1883 | #65 | 479 | — | |
| 1882 | #65 | 448 | — | |
| 1881 | #70 | 344 | — | |
| 1880 | #78 | 301 | #809 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elsie was already there! It came in at #78, and was given to 301 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1991, when fewer than 150 girls a year got the name.
See more about Elsie
- 32 spots since 2024 (#155 → #123)
- 110 spots since 2020 (#233 → #123)
- 263 spots since 2015 (#386 → #123)
- Biggest jump: 169 spots in 2005 (#1,086 → #917)
- Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1976 (#917 → #1,078)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1896 at #31 (1,878 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 52 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 54 yrs · run 1880–1933
- Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1975
- Highest: 1 in 127 girls born in 1896 were named Elsie (0.79%)
- Latest: 1 in 719 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
- 22.1% of all girls named Elsie (42,098) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #31 (1896) → #1,328 (1996) → #123 (2025)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,648 | #41 (1889) | #59 |
| 1890s | 16,375 | #31 (1896) | #35 |
| 1900s | 18,452 | #35 (1901) | #39 |
| 1910s | 39,274 | #40 (1913) | #45 |
| 1920s | 42,098 | #51 (1920) | #64 |
| 1930s | 22,345 | #86 (1931) | #112 |
| 1940s | 11,223 | #151 (1940) | #205 |
| 1950s | 5,356 | #294 (1950) | #383 |
| 1960s | 2,564 | #518 (1960) | #633 |
| 1970s | 1,295 | #848 (1970) | #1,001 |
| 1980s | 1,174 | #1,103 (1985) | #1,191 |
| 1990s | 1,456 | #1,060 (1995) | #1,212 |
| 2000s | 2,597 | #680 (2009) | #1,010 |
| 2010s | 9,134 | #249 (2019) | #376 |
| 2020s | 10,081 | #123 (2025) | #181 |
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.
Elsie 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 278 of them was named Elsie, which outranked 99.0% 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 56,637 of them was named Elsie, which outranked 64.3% 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).
- #1,727Susumu21
- #1,727Woody21
- #1,727Young21
- #1,776Elsie20
- #1,776Abelardo20
- #1,776Ace20
- #1,776Almond20
- #1,839Adelard19
- #1,839Alban19
- #1,839Albertus19
Tied with 62 names at #1,776; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.