Elsie

femaleScottish, via Elizabeth

Shares the root meaning of Elizabeth: 'my God is an oath', inherited via the Scots form Elspeth.

Origin: Scottish, via Elizabeth

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #8 in England and Wales in 2025. See regions.

Elsie: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 22 years, its highest recorded position is #8, reached in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
115times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#8highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for
24names it appears alongside

What stands out in Elsie's record

England and Wales registered 1,875 births with the name in 2018, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Absent from every published list for 22 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

EL-see/ˈɛlsi/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: HighCompleteness: CompleteEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

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Independent corroboration

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See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

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Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

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Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

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Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Scottish, via Elizabeth
Meaning: Shares the root meaning of Elizabeth: 'my God is an oath', inherited via the Scots form Elspeth.
Pronunciation: EL-see
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Scottish, via Elizabeth

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#823
1997	#645
1998	#619
1999	#678
2000	#670
2001	#627
2002	#513
2003	#408
2004	#419
2005	#361
2006	#279
2007	#224
2008	#179
2009	#124
2010	#108
2011	#87
2012	#70
2013	#47
2014	#32
2015	#33
2016	#31
2017	#28
2018	#22
2019	#21
2020	#19
2021	#18
2022	#15
2023	#14
2024	#10
2025	#8

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 21 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #8 among girls in England and Wales, #24 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #55 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #371 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #301 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #8 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Elsie appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 30 ranked years and 25,366 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1945.

Elsie across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Elsie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#301 (1945)	#256 (1947)	#371 (2025)	21 of 81	145 (1945–2025)	12 (1947)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#55 (2025)	#55 (2025)	25 of 62	841 (1964–2025)	88 (2025)
England and Wales · Girls	#823 (1996)	#8 (2025)	#8 (2025)	30 of 30	25,366 (1996–2025)	1,875 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#413 (2007)	#27 (2024)	#27 (2024)	17 of 18	496 (2007–2024)	57 (2023)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#79 (2013)	#24 (2025)	#24 (2025)	13 of 13	1,629 (2013–2025)	187 (2025)
New Zealand · Girls	#88 (2015)	#53 (2022)	#74 (2023)	8 of 9	428 (2015–2023)	70 (2022)

Elsie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Elsie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	141	4 of 10	35
2000s	1,540	10 of 10	154
2010s	13,221	10 of 10	1,322
2020sbusiest	10,464	6 of 10	1,744

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 1,744 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2013 and 2014, when recorded births rose by 316, from 1,181 to 1,497.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Elsie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #8, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,875 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 22 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Elsie was ranked #8 in England and Wales · Girls in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Elsey · #3178, 12y
Elsi · #790, 19y
Elsie-Grace · #1562, 11y
Elsie-Leigh · #3015, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Isaac · #8, 52y
Levi · #8, 48y
Jasmine · #13, 46y
Luca · #3, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alexander · #8, 77y
Annie · #8, 81y
Anthony · #8, 77y
Espen · #8, 81y

Comparisons involving Elsie

Existing comparison pages where Elsie and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Elsie in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Elsie vs Aria
Elsie and Aria both rose over the same years in 4 registrars — England and Wales · Girls; New South Wales, Australia · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls; Republic of Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Elsie · Aria · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Mila vs Elsie
Mila and Elsie both rose over the same years in 4 registrars — England and Wales · Girls; New South Wales, Australia · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls; Republic of Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Mila · Elsie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Moved together in several countries
Sophia vs Elsie
Sophia and Elsie both rose over the same years in 4 registrars — England and Wales · Girls; New South Wales, Australia · Girls; Northern Ireland · Girls; Republic of Ireland · Girls. Each list is measured against its own starting position; the positions are never combined.
Sophia · Elsie · 31 shared years, 1973–2025 · Moved together in several countries

Order changes

Pairs where Elsie and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Hannah vs Elsie
In England and Wales · Girls, Elsie moved into the top 50 at #32 in 2014 as Hannah fell out of it to #59, having been #44 the year before.
Hannah · Elsie · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2014 England and Wales ranking
Elsie vs Alice
In Northern Ireland · Girls, Elsie moved into the top 50 at #34 in 2022 as Alice fell out of it to #56, having been #45 the year before.
Elsie · Alice · 17 shared years, 2007–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2022 Northern Ireland ranking
Elsie vs Daisy
In Northern Ireland · Girls, Elsie moved into the top 50 at #34 in 2022 as Daisy fell out of it to #53, having been #45 the year before.
Elsie · Daisy · 17 shared years, 2007–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2022 Northern Ireland ranking

Elsie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Elsie without appearing here.

Elsie moved ahead of

Tracey
In 1996 they stood at #823 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #645 and #1450.
Jude
In 2011 they stood at #655 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #221 and #907.
Janet
In 2009 they stood at #655 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #319 and #910.
Ingrid
In 2010 they stood at #620 and #512 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #285 and #798.

Moved ahead of Elsie

Emma
In 2012 they stood at #411 and #413 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #527 and #1.
Frida
In 2012 they stood at #475 and #572 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #527 and #19.
Sofia
In 2012 they stood at #475 and #501 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #527 and #20.
Tuva
In 2012 they stood at #475 and #549 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #527 and #21.

Moved the opposite way to Elsie

Mia
Between 1947 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Elsie went from #256 to #371 while Mia went from #357 to #21.
Audrey
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elsie went from #327 to #55 while Audrey went from #85 to #885.
Eileen
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elsie went from #327 to #55 while Eileen went from #17 to #443.
Elaine
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Elsie went from #327 to #55 while Elaine went from #58 to #608.

Moved the same way as Elsie

Ann
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Elsie went from #301 to #438 and Ann from #82 to #404.
Berit
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Elsie went from #301 to #438 and Berit from #7 to #494.
Gro
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Elsie went from #301 to #438 and Gro from #65 to #465.
Janne
Between 1945 and 2023 in Norway · Girls, Elsie went from #301 to #438 and Janne from #148 to #469.

Meaning & Origin

Shares the root meaning of Elizabeth: 'my God is an oath', inherited via the Scots form Elspeth.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Scottish, via Elizabeth

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Elsie is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Elsie, between 1945 and 2025, in 47 of those 81 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1945–2025	21	#256 in 1947
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	25	#55 in 2025
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#8 in 2025
Northern Ireland	2007–2024	17	#27 in 2024
New South Wales, Australia	2013–2025	13	#24 in 2025
New Zealand	2015–2023	8	#53 in 2022
Scotland	2024	1	#31 in 2024

Its high point came 78 years earlier in Norway (1947) than in Republic of Ireland (2025).

No registrar recorded it for 22 years after 1973; it appears again in 1996.

Variants

Elspeth · regional

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

EL-see/ˈɛlsi/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Elsie Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Elsie in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Elsie

Elsie at a glance

What stands out in Elsie's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elsie across 6 official records

Elsie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elsie appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Elsie

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Elsie

Longest shared records

Order changes

Elsie and the names beside it

Elsie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elsie

Moved the opposite way to Elsie

Moved the same way as Elsie

Meaning & Origin

Where Elsie is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Elsie Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Elsie at a glance

What stands out in Elsie's record

Elsie across 6 official records

Elsie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elsie appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Elsie

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Elsie

Longest shared records

Order changes

Elsie and the names beside it

Elsie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elsie

Moved the opposite way to Elsie

Moved the same way as Elsie