Elsie remains a common girls' name (#123 in 2025), down from a peak of #31 in 1896.
Elsie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #123 for girl births in the United States (and #295 across all names), given to 2,236 babies. Elsie first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (5,194 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,236 | 2,236 | #123 | — |
| 2024 | 1,910 | 1,910 | #155 | — |
| 2023 | 1,757 | 1,757 | #163 | — |
| 2022 | 1,563 | 1,563 | #189 | — |
| 2021 | 1,345 | 1,345 | #222 | — |
| 2020 | 1,270 | 1,270 | #233 | — |
| 2019 | 1,288 | 1,288 | #250 | — |
| 2018 | 1,192 | 1,192 | #278 | — |
| 2017 | 1,092 | 1,092 | #299 | — |
| 2016 | 981 | 981 | #340 | — |
| 2015 | 848 | 848 | #386 | — |
| 2014 | 1,005 | 1,005 | #334 | — |
| 2013 | 857 | 857 | #365 | — |
| 2012 | 788 | 788 | #393 | — |
| 2011 | 621 | 621 | #479 | — |
| 2010 | 462 | 462 | #639 | — |
| 2009 | 428 | 428 | #680 | — |
| 2008 | 405 | 405 | #739 | — |
| 2007 | 317 | 317 | #882 | — |
| 2006 | 308 | 308 | #866 | — |
| 2005 | 271 | 271 | #918 | — |
| 2004 | 211 | 216 | #1,088 | — |
| 2003 | 182 | 182 | #1,181 | — |
| 2002 | 176 | 176 | #1,167 | — |
| 2001 | 152 | 152 | #1,285 | — |
| 2000 | 147 | 147 | #1,301 | — |
| 1999 | 147 | 147 | #1,262 | — |
| 1998 | 151 | 156 | #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 | 406 | — | #484 | #4,165 |
| 1958 | 416 | — | #464 | — |
| 1957 | 499 | — | #416 | — |
| 1956 | 477 | — | #417 | — |
| 1955 | 526 | — | #385 | — |
| 1954 | 549 | — | #373 | — |
| 1953 | 593 | — | #342 | — |
| 1952 | 580 | — | #344 | #3,890 |
| 1951 | 637 | — | #314 | #3,461 |
| 1950 | 689 | — | #294 | — |
| 1949 | 734 | — | #286 | #3,845 |
| 1948 | 903 | — | #249 | — |
| 1947 | 953 | — | #244 | — |
| 1946 | 1,050 | — | #222 | #2,584 |
| 1945 | 977 | — | #202 | — |
| 1944 | 1,104 | — | #191 | #2,516 |
| 1943 | 1,257 | — | #181 | #2,210 |
| 1942 | 1,409 | — | #166 | #2,423 |
| 1941 | 1,423 | — | #157 | #2,715 |
| 1940 | 1,475 | — | #151 | #2,536 |
| 1939 | 1,713 | — | #140 | #2,328 |
| 1938 | 1,792 | — | #137 | #1,708 |
| 1937 | 1,952 | — | #125 | #1,932 |
| 1936 | 1,886 | — | #123 | #2,094 |
| 1935 | 2,088 | — | #113 | #2,065 |
| 1934 | 2,289 | — | #107 | #1,626 |
| 1933 | 2,403 | — | #99 | #1,284 |
| 1932 | 2,569 | — | #97 | #1,942 |
| 1931 | 2,828 | — | #86 | #1,558 |
| 1930 | 2,993 | — | #88 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 3,254 | — | #78 | #1,493 |
| 1928 | 3,487 | — | #73 | #1,923 |
| 1927 | 3,839 | — | #72 | #1,210 |
| 1926 | 3,930 | — | #69 | #1,747 |
| 1925 | 4,180 | — | #63 | #1,235 |
| 1924 | 4,519 | — | #61 | #1,795 |
| 1923 | 4,566 | — | #61 | #2,049 |
| 1922 | 4,633 | — | #59 | #2,171 |
| 1921 | 4,905 | — | #55 | #1,488 |
| 1920 | 5,015 | — | #51 | #1,660 |
| 1919 | 5,016 | — | #47 | #1,649 |
| 1918 | 5,221 | — | #49 | #1,382 |
| 1917 | 4,961 | — | #50 | #1,545 |
| 1916 | 5,050 | — | #48 | #1,472 |
| 1915 | 4,986 | — | #41 | #1,620 |
| 1914 | 3,710 | — | #46 | #1,110 |
| 1913 | 3,225 | — | #40 | #1,328 |
| 1912 | 2,906 | — | #42 | #1,558 |
| 1911 | 2,239 | — | #41 | #870 |
| 1910 | 2,157 | — | #44 | #762 |
| 1909 | 2,076 | — | #39 | #857 |
| 1908 | 1,990 | — | #41 | #1,139 |
| 1907 | 1,882 | — | #43 | #888 |
| 1906 | 1,782 | — | #40 | #774 |
| 1905 | 1,811 | — | #40 | — |
| 1904 | 1,731 | — | #39 | #697 |
| 1903 | 1,732 | — | #38 | #668 |
| 1902 | 1,734 | — | #38 | #598 |
| 1901 | 1,757 | — | #35 | #695 |
| 1900 | 2,060 | — | #38 | #654 |
| 1899 | 1,716 | — | #33 | #673 |
| 1898 | 1,924 | — | #33 | #1,180 |
| 1897 | 1,770 | — | #31 | #875 |
| 1896 | 1,884 | — | #31 | #1,022 |
| 1895 | 1,804 | — | #32 | #753 |
| 1894 | 1,725 | — | #33 | #752 |
| 1893 | 1,596 | — | #35 | #671 |
| 1892 | 1,498 | — | #37 | #765 |
| 1891 | 1,311 | — | #38 | #724 |
| 1890 | 1,228 | — | #45 | #767 |
| 1889 | 1,204 | — | #41 | #1,015 |
| 1888 | 1,119 | — | #47 | #847 |
| 1887 | 833 | — | #49 | — |
| 1886 | 704 | — | #58 | #877 |
| 1885 | 690 | — | #55 | #982 |
| 1884 | 549 | — | #63 | — |
| 1883 | 479 | — | #65 | — |
| 1882 | 448 | — | #65 | — |
| 1881 | 344 | — | #70 | — |
| 1880 | 307 | — | #78 | #850 |