Else
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- Peak · girls
- 1892 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 514since 1884
Else over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Else has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #932 | 12 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 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.
Where Else is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Else in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 553 spots in 1895
- Biggest drop: 530 spots in 1894
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #1,024 (1884) | #1,093 |
| 1890s | 65 | #908 (1892) | #1,158 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,561 (1900) | #1,709 |
| 1910s | 59 | #2,360 (1912) | #3,012 |
| 1920s | 78 | #2,497 (1928) | #3,600 |
| 1930s | 83 | #2,206 (1935) | #2,764 |
| 1940s | 13 | #3,665 (1946) | #4,007 |
| 1950s | 17 | #5,325 (1956) | #5,573 |
| 1960s | 11 | #6,246 (1968) | #6,412 |
| 1970s | 11 | #7,680 (1974) | #8,715 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 14 | #10,345 (1999) | #11,062 |
| 2000s | 67 | #9,163 (2000) | #12,985 |
| 2010s | 52 | #9,036 (2013) | #12,961 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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.
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