Elsie
Rank in 2025
#123
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,236
girls 2,236
Peak year
1896
1,878 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
190,958
since 1880
Born an Elsie? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Elsie was most popular in 1896, when 1,878 babies recorded as girls got the name (7.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,236 babies were named Elsie, ranking #123 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 63%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,236 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,910 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,757 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,563 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,345 | 222 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,270 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,288 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,192 | 278 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,092 | 298 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 981 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 848 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,005 | 334 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 857 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 788 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 621 | 479 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 462 | 637 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 428 | 680 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 405 | 739 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 317 | 882 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 308 | 864 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 271 | 917 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 211 | 1086 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 182 | 1180 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 176 | 1165 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 152 | 1285 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 147 | 1301 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 147 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 151 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 138 | 1273 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 128 | 1328 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 169 | 1060 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 149 | 1184 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 144 | 1202 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 152 | 1156 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 134 | 1257 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 144 | 1186 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 129 | 1234 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 131 | 1164 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 122 | 1192 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 116 | 1203 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 131 | 1103 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 108 | 1205 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 103 | 1230 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 100 | 1277 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 113 | 1172 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 121 | 1125 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 128 | 1074 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 97 | 1265 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 108 | 1157 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 113 | 1078 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 141 | 917 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 144 | 889 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 134 | 917 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 130 | 944 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 141 | 919 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 159 | 848 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 166 | 800 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 166 | 776 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 199 | 690 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 228 | 635 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 253 | 611 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 248 | 648 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 301 | 567 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 309 | 556 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 346 | 524 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 348 | 518 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 401 | 483 | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | 416 | 464 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 499 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 477 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 526 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 549 | 373 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 593 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 575 | 344 | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 631 | 314 | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | 689 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 729 | 286 | 5 | 3690 |
| 1948 | 903 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 953 | 244 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,041 | 222 | 9 | 2534 |
| 1945 | 977 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 1,095 | 191 | 9 | 2467 |
| 1943 | 1,245 | 181 | 12 | 2182 |
| 1942 | 1,399 | 166 | 10 | 2386 |
| 1941 | 1,415 | 157 | 8 | 2656 |
| 1940 | 1,466 | 151 | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | 1,703 | 140 | 10 | 2288 |
| 1938 | 1,775 | 137 | 17 | 1689 |
| 1937 | 1,938 | 125 | 14 | 1913 |
| 1936 | 1,874 | 123 | 12 | 2062 |
| 1935 | 2,075 | 113 | 13 | 2029 |
| 1934 | 2,270 | 107 | 19 | 1608 |
| 1933 | 2,376 | 99 | 27 | 1281 |
| 1932 | 2,554 | 97 | 15 | 1922 |
| 1931 | 2,807 | 86 | 21 | 1538 |
| 1930 | 2,973 | 88 | 20 | 1644 |
| 1929 | 3,230 | 78 | 24 | 1480 |
| 1928 | 3,470 | 73 | 17 | 1902 |
| 1927 | 3,803 | 72 | 36 | 1198 |
| 1926 | 3,910 | 69 | 20 | 1720 |
| 1925 | 4,146 | 63 | 34 | 1225 |
| 1924 | 4,499 | 61 | 20 | 1776 |
| 1923 | 4,550 | 61 | 16 | 2020 |
| 1922 | 4,618 | 59 | 15 | 2143 |
| 1921 | 4,879 | 55 | 26 | 1475 |
| 1920 | 4,993 | 51 | 22 | 1642 |
| 1919 | 4,995 | 47 | 21 | 1624 |
| 1918 | 5,194 | 49 | 27 | 1373 |
| 1917 | 4,939 | 50 | 22 | 1528 |
| 1916 | 5,027 | 48 | 23 | 1459 |
| 1915 | 4,967 | 41 | 19 | 1600 |
| 1914 | 3,683 | 46 | 27 | 1101 |
| 1913 | 3,209 | 40 | 16 | 1311 |
| 1912 | 2,895 | 42 | 11 | 1527 |
| 1911 | 2,224 | 41 | 15 | 856 |
| 1910 | 2,141 | 44 | 16 | 755 |
| 1909 | 2,064 | 39 | 12 | 840 |
| 1908 | 1,983 | 41 | 7 | 1113 |
| 1907 | 1,872 | 43 | 10 | 866 |
| 1906 | 1,771 | 40 | 11 | 752 |
| 1905 | 1,811 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 1,719 | 39 | 12 | 686 |
| 1903 | 1,720 | 38 | 12 | 656 |
| 1902 | 1,720 | 38 | 14 | 583 |
| 1901 | 1,747 | 35 | 10 | 683 |
| 1900 | 2,045 | 38 | 15 | 649 |
| 1899 | 1,706 | 33 | 10 | 661 |
| 1898 | 1,919 | 33 | 5 | 1121 |
| 1897 | 1,763 | 31 | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | 1,878 | 31 | 6 | 982 |
| 1895 | 1,795 | 32 | 9 | 738 |
| 1894 | 1,716 | 33 | 9 | 730 |
| 1893 | 1,586 | 35 | 10 | 650 |
| 1892 | 1,489 | 37 | 9 | 748 |
| 1891 | 1,303 | 38 | 8 | 700 |
| 1890 | 1,220 | 45 | 8 | 739 |
| 1889 | 1,199 | 41 | 5 | 974 |
| 1888 | 1,112 | 47 | 7 | 815 |
| 1887 | 833 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 698 | 58 | 6 | 845 |
| 1885 | 685 | 55 | 5 | 936 |
| 1884 | 549 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 479 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 448 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 344 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 301 | 78 | 6 | 809 |
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Names like Elsie
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Where Elsie is most popular
- North Dakota4.8×
- South Dakota4.0×
- Montana3.5×
- Idaho3.1×
- Minnesota2.9×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years