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

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Peak · girls
1895 · 160 births
Debut · girls
20 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
30,710
since 1880

Elsa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elsa has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #215, 1895girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,104216—
2024#938281—
2023#1,024247—
2022#994264—
2021#951276—
2020#915284—
2019#791350—
2018#887305—
2017#686425—
2016#626477—
2015#486658—
2014#2861,140—
2013#528566—
2012#549542—
2011#580499—
2010#603487—
2009#683426—
2008#720413—
2007#742393—
2006#785350—
2005#761350—
2004#813308—
2003#732349—
2002#823283—
2001#915247—
2000#910240—
1999#897236—
1998#998200—
1997#993196—
1996#869228—
1995#867222—
1994#863227—
1993#959197—
1992#862229—
1991#892220—
1990#814242—
1989#880209—
1988#974170—
1987#947171—
1986#837199—
1985#842193—
1984#750216—
1983#715235—
1982#787206—
1981#700240—
1980#697244—
1979#765210—
1978#702225—
1977#655245—
1976#596269#5,5875
1975#617255—
1974#612254—
1973#611253#5,1015
1972#606263—
1971#611279—
1970#588298—
1969#592280—
1968#616243—
1967#605246—
1966#552295—
1965#576274—
1964#590282—
1963#583287—
1962#603275—
1961#596285—
1960#594279—
1959#592280#3,6196
1958#586287—
1957#519340—
1956#527309—
1955#541289—
1954#565248—
1953#617207—
1952#592216—
1951#650178—
1950#693154—
1949#725137—
1948#715138—
1947#739134—
1946#771113—
1945#654126—
1944#685119—
1943#645139—
1942#642136—
1941#589142—
1940#640122—
1939#541151—
1938#611125—
1937#592129—
1936#578130—
1935#612113—
1934#635110—
1933#575124—
1932#576130—
1931#553140—
1930#583137—
1929#606128—
1928#557158—
1927#604138—
1926#609136—
1925#616141—
1924#635140#4,3475
1923#627138—
1922#588149—
1921#582154—
1920#515184—
1919#524169—
1918#533173—
1917#460198—
1916#446201—
1915#391237—
1914#412166—
1913#432131—
1912#429120—
1911#398103—
1910#44580—
1909#41877—
1908#37293—
1907#38386—
1906#36884—
1905#38975—
1904#37875—
1903#33587—
1902#32491—
1901#30994—
1900#335102—
1899#31590—
1898#291111—
1897#251128—
1896#251129—
1895#215160—
1894#227137—
1893#264104—
1892#216142—
1891#238102—
1890#238106—
1889#229104—
1888#25087—
1887#27061—
1886#27059—
1885#24966—
1884#27351—
1883#29435—
1882#32629—
1881#31725—
1880#36720—
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Elsa is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Elsa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1895 at #215 (160 births)
  • Births halved by 1904, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 144 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–2022
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,460
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 17.7% of all girls named Elsa (5,449) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s537#229 (1889)#285
1890s1,209#215 (1895)#251
1900s864#309 (1901)#361
1910s1,578#391 (1915)#447
1920s1,466#515 (1920)#594
1930s1,289#541 (1939)#586
1940s1,306#589 (1941)#681
1950s2,508#519 (1957)#588
1960s2,746#552 (1966)#591
1970s2,551#588 (1970)#636
1980s2,083#697 (1980)#813
1990s2,197#814 (1990)#901
2000s3,359#683 (2009)#788
2010s5,449#286 (2014)#602
2020s1,568#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 1907

girls
#383
86 births · 1 in 3,704 girls

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #383Elsa86
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 3,704 of them was named Elsa, which outranked 84.0% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elsa
  1. #376Leta87
  2. #376Lura87
  3. #376Rosemary87
  4. #383Elsa86
  5. #383Hulda86
  6. #385Alvina85
  7. #385Ona85
  8. #387Era84

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

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

See the top 100 for 1907 →