Elspeth

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Elspeth: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Elspeth: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #351, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#351highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#582
1997	#571
1998	#571
1999	#636
2000	#712
2001	#657
2002	#750
2003	#876
2004	#840
2005	#756
2006	#783
2007	#742
2008	#817
2009	#821
2010	#896
2011	#673
2012	#722
2013	#725
2014	#750
2015	#794
2016	#630
2017	#733
2018	#745
2019	#897
2020	#807
2021	#936
2022	#1282
2023	#1206
2024	#980

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #351 among girls in Scotland, #980 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #582 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #980 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elspeth 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 Elspeth in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	173	4 of 10	43
2000s	372	10 of 10	37
2010sbusiest	523	10 of 10	52
2020s	170	5 of 10	34

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 52 births a year.

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

Elspeth appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #351 in Scotland in 2024.

Elspeth's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#980	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1206	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1282	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#936	37	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#807	45	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#897	40	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#745	53	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#733	55	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#630	67	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#794	48	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#750	52	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#725	55	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#722	56	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#673	58	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#896	39	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#821	42	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#817	41	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#742	45	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#783	39	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#756	38	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#840	32	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#876	29	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#750	34	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#657	39	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#712	33	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#636	39	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#571	47	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#571	45	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#582	42	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#351	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #351, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

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.

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Elsy · #3160, 10y
Elton · #200, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Angelique · #351, 34y
Luci · #351, 28y
Mhairi · #351, 25y
Nieve · #351, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adley · #351, 19y
Aislin · #351, 12y
Daniyal · #351, 29y
Geri · #351, 8y

Elspeth was ranked #351 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Elspeth 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Elspeth without appearing here.

Elspeth moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1282 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1206 and #2689.
Marie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1206 and #1087 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #980 and #1894.
Anita Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1282 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1206 and #2063.
Suzanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #756 and #745 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #783 and #1585.

Moved ahead of Elspeth

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #673 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #722 and #284.
Eileen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #936 and #1069 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1282 and #876.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #897 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #807 and #460.
Beau Compare
In 2002 they stood at #750 and #809 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #876 and #545.

Moved the opposite way to Elspeth

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elspeth went from #582 to #980 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elspeth went from #582 to #980 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elspeth went from #582 to #980 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elspeth went from #582 to #980 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Elspeth

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elspeth went from #582 to #980 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elspeth went from #582 to #980 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elspeth went from #582 to #980 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elspeth went from #582 to #980 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #351 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elspeth

Elspeth at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elspeth by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Elspeth at a glance

Elspeth by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Elspeth

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Elspeth moved ahead of

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