Meaning not yet researched.
Elsie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,236 in 2025. Its best rank was #31 in 1897.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #31 in 1897; #123 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elsie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#123 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1897, at #31.
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Elsie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,236 girls in 2025. Peak: #31 in 1897 · most girls in one year: 5,194 (1918).
In 2025, 2,236 US girls were named Elsie, making it the 123rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 32 places from #155 in 2024. That is 326 more than the 1,910 girls named Elsie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #31, reached in 1897. The most girls given the name in a single year was 5,194, in 1918. For comparison, it was #386 in 2015 and #294 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elsie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 307 babies with the name. In all, 190,958 US babies have been given the name, 99.5% of them girls and 0.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 42,328 babies named Elsie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 14,634 US girls were named Elsie; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 2,236. In 2025 that was about 1 in 719 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elsie ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #19 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 22 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Elzie (4,531 babies since 1880) and Elsy (1,832 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Else, Elsi and Elsia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Elsey.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Icelandic. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Else (514), Elsi (434), Elsia (414), Elcie (345), Ellsie (270), Elsye (215), Elzia (170), Elsey (137), Elsee (42), Elsea (11), Ilsi (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Elsie is listed as a nickname for Alice, Alicia.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 23 | #19 | #62 |
| Idaho | 41 | #26 | #223 |
| South Dakota | 19 | #30 | #99 |
| Minnesota | 90 | #37 | #111 |
| Iowa | 53 | #40 | #134 |
| Wisconsin | 76 | #49 | #138 |
| Nebraska | 30 | #51 | #185 |
| Utah | 60 | #59 | #146 |
| Missouri | 78 | #60 | #287 |
| Wyoming | 6 | #64 | — |
| Mississippi | 29 | #66 | — |
| Montana | 13 | #66 | #87 |
| Washington | 86 | #66 | #214 |
| Indiana | 78 | #72 | #241 |
| Kansas | 37 | #74 | #140 |
| Oregon | 40 | #75 | #264 |
| New Hampshire | 15 | #77 | — |
| Ohio | 107 | #89 | #303 |
| Michigan | 80 | #93 | #426 |
| Tennessee | 77 | #94 | #301 |
| Colorado | 54 | #95 | #372 |
| Virginia | 73 | #97 | #417 |
| Pennsylvania | 95 | #103 | #381 |
| Kentucky | 38 | #113 | #377 |
| Arkansas | 25 | #113 | — |
| Maine | 9 | #120 | #170 |
| Illinois | 75 | #124 | #315 |
| North Carolina | 76 | #130 | #651 |
| Oklahoma | 28 | #131 | #598 |
| Alabama | 34 | #132 | #854 |
| Nevada | 17 | #144 | #476 |
| California | 184 | #175 | #544 |
| Georgia | 58 | #177 | #448 |
| Arizona | 37 | #177 | #507 |
| South Carolina | 26 | #181 | #792 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #186 | #271 |
| Massachusetts | 28 | #198 | #307 |
| Connecticut | 17 | #200 | #410 |
| Maryland | 23 | #226 | #659 |
| New York | 66 | #261 | #626 |
| New Jersey | 31 | #264 | #980 |
| Texas | 114 | #302 | #880 |
| Louisiana | 15 | #306 | — |
| Florida | 50 | #369 | #878 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,236 | #123 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,910 | #155 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,757 | #163 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,563 | #189 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,345 | #222 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,270 | #233 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,288 | #250 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,192 | #278 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,092 | #299 | — | — |
| 2016 | 981 | #340 | — | — |
| 2015 | 848 | #386 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,005 | #334 | — | — |
| 2013 | 857 | #365 | — | — |
| 2012 | 788 | #393 | — | — |
| 2011 | 621 | #479 | — | — |
| 2010 | 462 | #639 | — | — |
| 2009 | 428 | #680 | — | — |
| 2008 | 405 | #739 | — | — |
| 2007 | 317 | #882 | — | — |
| 2006 | 308 | #866 | — | — |
| 2005 | 271 | #918 | — | — |
| 2004 | 211 | #1,088 | — | — |
| 2003 | 182 | #1,181 | — | — |
| 2002 | 176 | #1,167 | — | — |
| 2001 | 152 | #1,285 | — | — |
| 2000 | 147 | #1,301 | — | — |
| 1999 | 147 | #1,262 | — | — |
| 1998 | 151 | #1,215 | — | — |
| 1997 | 138 | #1,275 | — | — |
| 1996 | 128 | #1,335 | — | — |
| 1995 | 169 | #1,060 | — | — |
| 1994 | 149 | #1,187 | — | — |
| 1993 | 144 | #1,206 | — | — |
| 1992 | 152 | #1,160 | — | — |
| 1991 | 134 | #1,257 | — | — |
| 1990 | 144 | #1,190 | — | — |
| 1989 | 129 | #1,237 | — | — |
| 1988 | 131 | #1,167 | — | — |
| 1987 | 122 | #1,192 | — | — |
| 1986 | 116 | #1,204 | — | — |
| 1985 | 131 | #1,105 | — | — |
| 1984 | 108 | #1,208 | — | — |
| 1983 | 103 | #1,233 | — | — |
| 1982 | 100 | #1,281 | — | — |
| 1981 | 113 | #1,172 | — | — |
| 1980 | 121 | #1,125 | — | — |
| 1979 | 128 | #1,076 | — | — |
| 1978 | 97 | #1,268 | — | — |
| 1977 | 108 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 1976 | 113 | #1,080 | — | — |
| 1975 | 141 | #919 | — | — |
| 1974 | 144 | #890 | — | — |
| 1973 | 134 | #921 | — | — |
| 1972 | 130 | #944 | — | — |
| 1971 | 141 | #923 | — | — |
| 1970 | 159 | #848 | — | — |
| 1969 | 166 | #800 | — | — |
| 1968 | 166 | #776 | — | — |
| 1967 | 199 | #692 | — | — |
| 1966 | 228 | #635 | — | — |
| 1965 | 253 | #611 | — | — |
| 1964 | 248 | #650 | — | — |
| 1963 | 301 | #567 | — | — |
| 1962 | 309 | #556 | — | — |
| 1961 | 346 | #524 | — | — |
| 1960 | 348 | #518 | — | — |
| 1959 | 401 | #484 | 5 | #4,165 |
| 1958 | 416 | #464 | — | — |
| 1957 | 499 | #416 | — | — |
| 1956 | 477 | #417 | — | — |
| 1955 | 526 | #385 | — | — |
| 1954 | 549 | #373 | — | — |
| 1953 | 593 | #342 | — | — |
| 1952 | 575 | #344 | 5 | #3,890 |
| 1951 | 631 | #314 | 6 | #3,461 |
| 1950 | 689 | #294 | — | — |
| 1949 | 729 | #286 | 5 | #3,845 |
| 1948 | 903 | #249 | — | — |
| 1947 | 953 | #244 | — | — |
| 1946 | 1,041 | #222 | 9 | #2,584 |
| 1945 | 977 | #202 | — | — |
| 1944 | 1,095 | #191 | 9 | #2,516 |
| 1943 | 1,245 | #181 | 12 | #2,210 |
| 1942 | 1,399 | #166 | 10 | #2,423 |
| 1941 | 1,415 | #157 | 8 | #2,715 |
| 1940 | 1,466 | #151 | 9 | #2,536 |
| 1939 | 1,703 | #140 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 1938 | 1,775 | #137 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1937 | 1,938 | #125 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1936 | 1,874 | #123 | 12 | #2,094 |
| 1935 | 2,075 | #113 | 13 | #2,065 |
| 1934 | 2,270 | #107 | 19 | #1,626 |
| 1933 | 2,376 | #99 | 27 | #1,284 |
| 1932 | 2,554 | #97 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1931 | 2,807 | #86 | 21 | #1,558 |
| 1930 | 2,973 | #88 | 20 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 3,230 | #78 | 24 | #1,493 |
| 1928 | 3,470 | #73 | 17 | #1,923 |
| 1927 | 3,803 | #72 | 36 | #1,210 |
| 1926 | 3,910 | #69 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1925 | 4,146 | #63 | 34 | #1,235 |
| 1924 | 4,499 | #61 | 20 | #1,795 |
| 1923 | 4,550 | #61 | 16 | #2,049 |
| 1922 | 4,618 | #59 | 15 | #2,171 |
| 1921 | 4,879 | #55 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1920 | 4,993 | #51 | 22 | #1,660 |
| 1919 | 4,995 | #47 | 21 | #1,649 |
| 1918 | 5,194 | #49 | 27 | #1,382 |
| 1917 | 4,939 | #50 | 22 | #1,545 |
| 1916 | 5,027 | #48 | 23 | #1,472 |
| 1915 | 4,967 | #41 | 19 | #1,620 |
| 1914 | 3,683 | #46 | 27 | #1,110 |
| 1913 | 3,209 | #40 | 16 | #1,328 |
| 1912 | 2,895 | #42 | 11 | #1,558 |
| 1911 | 2,224 | #41 | 15 | #870 |
| 1910 | 2,141 | #44 | 16 | #762 |
| 1909 | 2,064 | #39 | 12 | #857 |
| 1908 | 1,983 | #41 | 7 | #1,139 |
| 1907 | 1,872 | #43 | 10 | #888 |
| 1906 | 1,771 | #40 | 11 | #774 |
| 1905 | 1,811 | #40 | — | — |
| 1904 | 1,719 | #39 | 12 | #697 |
| 1903 | 1,720 | #38 | 12 | #668 |
| 1902 | 1,720 | #38 | 14 | #598 |
| 1901 | 1,747 | #35 | 10 | #695 |
| 1900 | 2,045 | #38 | 15 | #654 |
| 1899 | 1,706 | #33 | 10 | #673 |
| 1898 | 1,919 | #33 | 5 | #1,180 |
| 1897 | 1,763 | #31 | 7 | #875 |
| 1896 | 1,878 | #31 | 6 | #1,022 |
| 1895 | 1,795 | #32 | 9 | #753 |
| 1894 | 1,716 | #33 | 9 | #752 |
| 1893 | 1,586 | #35 | 10 | #671 |
| 1892 | 1,489 | #37 | 9 | #765 |
| 1891 | 1,303 | #38 | 8 | #724 |
| 1890 | 1,220 | #45 | 8 | #767 |
| 1889 | 1,199 | #41 | 5 | #1,015 |
| 1888 | 1,112 | #47 | 7 | #847 |
| 1887 | 833 | #49 | — | — |
| 1886 | 698 | #58 | 6 | #877 |
| 1885 | 685 | #55 | 5 | #982 |
| 1884 | 549 | #63 | — | — |
| 1883 | 479 | #65 | — | — |
| 1882 | 448 | #65 | — | — |
| 1881 | 344 | #70 | — | — |
| 1880 | 301 | #78 | 6 | #850 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).