Elsa is an established variant of Elsie that peaked in 2014 and has since faded.
Elsa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,104 for girl births in the United States (and #2,103 across all names), given to 216 babies. Elsa was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2014 (1,140 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 216 | 216 | #1,104 | — |
| 2024 | 281 | 281 | #938 | — |
| 2023 | 247 | 247 | #1,024 | — |
| 2022 | 264 | 264 | #994 | — |
| 2021 | 276 | 276 | #951 | — |
| 2020 | 284 | 284 | #917 | — |
| 2019 | 350 | 350 | #791 | — |
| 2018 | 305 | 305 | #888 | — |
| 2017 | 425 | 425 | #686 | — |
| 2016 | 477 | 477 | #627 | — |
| 2015 | 658 | 658 | #486 | — |
| 2014 | 1,140 | 1,140 | #286 | — |
| 2013 | 566 | 566 | #528 | — |
| 2012 | 542 | 542 | #549 | — |
| 2011 | 499 | 499 | #580 | — |
| 2010 | 487 | 487 | #603 | — |
| 2009 | 426 | 426 | #684 | — |
| 2008 | 413 | 413 | #720 | — |
| 2007 | 393 | 393 | #742 | — |
| 2006 | 350 | 350 | #785 | — |
| 2005 | 350 | 350 | #761 | — |
| 2004 | 308 | 313 | #813 | — |
| 2003 | 349 | 349 | #733 | — |
| 2002 | 283 | 283 | #824 | — |
| 2001 | 247 | 247 | #916 | — |
| 2000 | 240 | 240 | #911 | — |
| 1999 | 236 | 244 | #899 | — |
| 1998 | 200 | 200 | #999 | — |
| 1997 | 196 | — | #993 | — |
| 1996 | 228 | — | #870 | — |
| 1995 | 222 | — | #867 | — |
| 1994 | 227 | — | #864 | — |
| 1993 | 197 | — | #959 | — |
| 1992 | 229 | — | #863 | — |
| 1991 | 220 | — | #892 | — |
| 1990 | 242 | — | #815 | — |
| 1989 | 209 | — | #880 | — |
| 1988 | 170 | — | #974 | — |
| 1987 | 171 | — | #947 | — |
| 1986 | 199 | — | #837 | — |
| 1985 | 193 | — | #842 | — |
| 1984 | 216 | — | #750 | — |
| 1983 | 235 | — | #716 | — |
| 1982 | 206 | — | #787 | — |
| 1981 | 240 | — | #700 | — |
| 1980 | 244 | — | #699 | — |
| 1979 | 210 | — | #765 | — |
| 1978 | 225 | — | #703 | — |
| 1977 | 245 | — | #656 | — |
| 1976 | 274 | — | #597 | #5,869 |
| 1975 | 255 | — | #618 | — |
| 1974 | 254 | — | #613 | — |
| 1973 | 258 | — | #611 | #5,326 |
| 1972 | 263 | — | #606 | — |
| 1971 | 279 | — | #611 | — |
| 1970 | 298 | — | #588 | — |
| 1969 | 280 | — | #592 | — |
| 1968 | 243 | — | #616 | — |
| 1967 | 246 | — | #605 | — |
| 1966 | 295 | — | #552 | — |
| 1965 | 274 | — | #576 | — |
| 1964 | 282 | — | #590 | — |
| 1963 | 287 | — | #584 | — |
| 1962 | 275 | — | #603 | — |
| 1961 | 285 | — | #596 | — |
| 1960 | 279 | — | #594 | — |
| 1959 | 286 | — | #592 | #3,723 |
| 1958 | 287 | — | #586 | — |
| 1957 | 340 | — | #520 | — |
| 1956 | 309 | — | #527 | — |
| 1955 | 289 | — | #542 | — |
| 1954 | 248 | — | #566 | — |
| 1953 | 207 | — | #618 | — |
| 1952 | 216 | — | #592 | — |
| 1951 | 178 | — | #650 | — |
| 1950 | 154 | — | #695 | — |
| 1949 | 137 | — | #726 | — |
| 1948 | 138 | — | #717 | — |
| 1947 | 134 | — | #739 | — |
| 1946 | 113 | — | #772 | — |
| 1945 | 126 | — | #655 | — |
| 1944 | 119 | — | #686 | — |
| 1943 | 139 | — | #645 | — |
| 1942 | 136 | — | #643 | — |
| 1941 | 142 | — | #590 | — |
| 1940 | 122 | — | #640 | — |
| 1939 | 151 | — | #542 | — |
| 1938 | 125 | — | #611 | — |
| 1937 | 129 | — | #592 | — |
| 1936 | 130 | — | #580 | — |
| 1935 | 113 | — | #612 | — |
| 1934 | 110 | — | #636 | — |
| 1933 | 124 | — | #576 | — |
| 1932 | 130 | — | #577 | — |
| 1931 | 140 | — | #553 | — |
| 1930 | 137 | — | #586 | — |
| 1929 | 128 | — | #606 | — |
| 1928 | 158 | — | #557 | — |
| 1927 | 138 | — | #605 | — |
| 1926 | 136 | — | #609 | — |
| 1925 | 141 | — | #616 | — |
| 1924 | 145 | — | #635 | #4,537 |
| 1923 | 138 | — | #628 | — |
| 1922 | 149 | — | #588 | — |
| 1921 | 154 | — | #583 | — |
| 1920 | 184 | — | #516 | — |
| 1919 | 169 | — | #525 | — |
| 1918 | 173 | — | #534 | — |
| 1917 | 198 | — | #460 | — |
| 1916 | 201 | — | #446 | — |
| 1915 | 237 | — | #392 | — |
| 1914 | 166 | — | #412 | — |
| 1913 | 131 | — | #432 | — |
| 1912 | 120 | — | #429 | — |
| 1911 | 103 | — | #399 | — |
| 1910 | 80 | — | #446 | — |
| 1909 | 77 | — | #418 | — |
| 1908 | 93 | — | #372 | — |
| 1907 | 86 | — | #383 | — |
| 1906 | 84 | — | #369 | — |
| 1905 | 75 | — | #389 | — |
| 1904 | 75 | — | #379 | — |
| 1903 | 87 | — | #335 | — |
| 1902 | 91 | — | #326 | — |
| 1901 | 94 | — | #311 | — |
| 1900 | 102 | — | #335 | — |
| 1899 | 90 | — | #315 | — |
| 1898 | 111 | — | #292 | — |
| 1897 | 128 | — | #251 | — |
| 1896 | 129 | — | #251 | — |
| 1895 | 160 | — | #215 | — |
| 1894 | 137 | — | #227 | — |
| 1893 | 104 | — | #264 | — |
| 1892 | 142 | — | #216 | — |
| 1891 | 102 | — | #238 | — |
| 1890 | 106 | — | #238 | — |
| 1889 | 104 | — | #229 | — |
| 1888 | 87 | — | #250 | — |
| 1887 | 61 | — | #270 | — |
| 1886 | 59 | — | #271 | — |
| 1885 | 66 | — | #249 | — |
| 1884 | 51 | — | #273 | — |
| 1883 | 35 | — | #295 | — |
| 1882 | 29 | — | #330 | — |
| 1881 | 25 | — | #320 | — |
| 1880 | 20 | — | #369 | — |