How Many People Are Named Else?
people named Else are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,726,186 people in the US has this name
Based on 514 babies named Else in Social Security records from 1884 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ELISABETH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Else in the records were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Else alive today is about 34 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 57 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Else first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1932, to 14 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2020
๐ Rank History
Else has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #924, in 1892.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #924 (1892) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,088 in the 1930s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Else alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Else were born in New York than in any other state: about 3 of those alive today.
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