How Many People Are Named Elsie?
people named Elsie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,698 people in the US has this name
Based on 190,958 babies named Elsie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,221 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ELIZABETH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Elsie (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elsie alive today is about 41 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elsie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 5,221 babies. In 2025, 2,236 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elsie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #31, in 1896 to 1897, and it was in the top 100 for 54 years, 1880 to 1933. In 2025 it ranked #123.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #123 |
| Best rank | #31 (1896 to 1897) |
| Years in the top 100 | 54 (1880 to 1933) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #65 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elsie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elsie were born in California than in any other state: about 3,251 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elsie was given 2.2 times as often in Alaska, 2.2 times in Hawaii and 2 times in New Mexico.
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