Elsy Girl
How popular is Elsy?
#2,326 girl name in 2025
78 baby girls were named Elsy in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name.
Elsy popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,326 for girls (▼ 123 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 78 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+81% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,595 in 2015, #1,559 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2020 (135 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,559 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elsy 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 Elsy is most popular
Babies named Elsy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (138 girls)
- Kansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (81 girls)
- Oregon: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Elsy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1970s | 27 | #7,994 |
| 1980s | 119 | #4,242 |
| 1990s | 256 | #3,298 |
| 2000s | 404 | #3,053 |
| 2010s | 390 | #2,784 |
| 2020s | 629 | #1,559 |
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Questions
- Is Elsy a boy or girl name?
- Elsy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elsy were girls.
- How popular is the name Elsy?
- 78 baby girls were named Elsy in the US in 2025, making it the 2326th most popular girl name.
- When was Elsy most popular?
- Elsy peaked in 2020, when 135 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,559 in 2020.
- How many people are named Elsy?
- 1,832 babies have been named Elsy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,815 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Elsy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elsy was most common in Nevada, at 0.2 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.