Elsie Girl
How popular is Elsie?
#123 girl name in 2025
2,236 baby girls were named Elsie in the US in 2025, making it the 123rd most popular girl name.
Elsie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #123 for girls (▲ 32 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,236 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+164% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #386 in 2015, #233 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (5,194 girls) |
| Highest rank | #31 in 1896 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elsie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elsie family of names ranked #142 for girls in 2025 (#172 the year before), with 2,378 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elsie | 2,236 | 94% |
| Elsy | 78 | 3% |
| Elsi | 17 | 1% |
| Ellsie | 15 | 1% |
| Elzie | 15 | 1% |
| Elsey | 11 | 0% |
| Elsee | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elsie is most popular
Babies named Elsie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 6.2 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- South Dakota: 5.2 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Montana: 4.4 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Idaho: 4.3 per 1,000 (145 girls)
- Nebraska: 3.7 per 1,000 (134 girls)
Elsie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,648 | #41 |
| 1890s | 16,375 | #31 |
| 1900s | 18,452 | #35 |
| 1910s | 39,274 | #40 |
| 1920s | 42,098 | #51 |
| 1930s | 22,345 | #86 |
| 1940s | 11,223 | #151 |
| 1950s | 5,356 | #294 |
| 1960s | 2,564 | #518 |
| 1970s | 1,295 | #848 |
| 1980s | 1,174 | #1,103 |
| 1990s | 1,456 | #1,057 |
| 2000s | 2,597 | #680 |
| 2010s | 9,134 | #249 |
| 2020s | 10,081 | #123 |
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Questions
- Is Elsie a boy or girl name?
- Elsie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elsie were girls.
- How popular is the name Elsie?
- 2,236 baby girls were named Elsie in the US in 2025, making it the 123rd most popular girl name.
- When was Elsie most popular?
- Elsie peaked in 1918, when 5,194 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #31, held for 2 years starting in 1896.
- How many people are named Elsie?
- 190,958 babies have been named Elsie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 46,790 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Elsie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elsie was most common in North Dakota, at 6.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.