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.
Where Elsie is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#14 · 1 in 86
- Nevada#22 · 1 in 47
- North Dakota#27 · 1 in 106
- Virginia#27 · 1 in 129
- Washington#28 · 1 in 118
Best ever in a state: #2 in Alaska, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #14 | 33 | 1 in 86 |
| Nevada | #22 | 5 | 1 in 47 |
| North Dakota | #27 | 67 | 1 in 106 |
| Virginia | #27 | 213 | 1 in 129 |
| Washington | #28 | 82 | 1 in 118 |
| Montana | #33 | 43 | 1 in 126 |
| West Virginia | #34 | 109 | 1 in 154 |
| Rhode Island | #37 | 34 | 1 in 153 |
| Colorado | #38 | 54 | 1 in 143 |
| Delaware | #38 | 16 | 1 in 130 |
| Maryland | #38 | 86 | 1 in 162 |
| Kansas | #39 | 85 | 1 in 182 |
| Nebraska | #39 | 73 | 1 in 160 |
| District of Columbia | #40 | 19 | 1 in 156 |
| California | #41 | 127 | 1 in 183 |
| New Jersey | #42 | 166 | 1 in 184 |
| Kentucky | #43 | 147 | 1 in 184 |
| North Carolina | #43 | 208 | 1 in 173 |
| Idaho | #44 | 27 | 1 in 153 |
| Oklahoma | #46 | 115 | 1 in 193 |
| South Dakota | #46 | 36 | 1 in 173 |
| Pennsylvania | #47 | 449 | 1 in 208 |
| Arkansas | #49 | 105 | 1 in 193 |
| Arizona | #50 | 18 | 1 in 180 |
| Illinois | #50 | 277 | 1 in 206 |
| Michigan | #50 | 184 | 1 in 184 |
| Connecticut | #52 | 69 | 1 in 196 |
| Oregon | #52 | 27 | 1 in 196 |
| Vermont | #52 | 14 | 1 in 175 |
| Indiana | #53 | 108 | 1 in 225 |
| Iowa | #53 | 100 | 1 in 205 |
| Minnesota | #53 | 110 | 1 in 194 |
| New York | #53 | 413 | 1 in 231 |
| Ohio | #53 | 221 | 1 in 228 |
| Tennessee | #55 | 106 | 1 in 244 |
| Massachusetts | #56 | 141 | 1 in 246 |
| Missouri | #60 | 122 | 1 in 237 |
| Maine | #63 | 28 | 1 in 213 |
| Texas | #66 | 174 | 1 in 298 |
| Louisiana | #69 | 88 | 1 in 247 |
| New Mexico | #71 | 13 | 1 in 250 |
| Wisconsin | #71 | 89 | 1 in 256 |
| Mississippi | #74 | 80 | 1 in 273 |
| Alabama | #81 | 100 | 1 in 308 |
| Wyoming | #81 | 6 | 1 in 235 |
| Georgia | #90 | 102 | 1 in 364 |
| New Hampshire | #96 | 9 | 1 in 352 |
| Florida | #99 | 27 | 1 in 374 |
| Utah | #105 | 12 | 1 in 392 |
| South Carolina | #112 | 54 | 1 in 438 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 226 of them was named Elsie, which outranked 99.2% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 46,672 of them was named Elsie, which outranked 66.2% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,576Wilmar22
- #1,576Young22
- #1,576Zigmond22
- #1,624Elsie21
- #1,624Albertus21
- #1,624Alpheus21
- #1,624Ardis21
- #1,695Ace20
- #1,695Albino20
- #1,695Alto20
Tied with 70 names at #1,624; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.