Elfie

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Elfie: Recorded since 2001, its highest recorded position is #2,727, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2727highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2002	#2868
2003	#2727
2004	#3197
2005	#4798
2008	#4524
2011	#3185
2012	#5876
2013	#3536
2016	#4096
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2019	#3151
2021	#5581
2024	#4843

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 15 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #2727 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elfie 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 Elfie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	26	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	34	7 of 10	5
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Elfie appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2727 in England and Wales in 2003.

Elfie'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,727, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Jenisha · #2727, 19y
Najwa · #2727, 19y
Cheikh · #2728, 11y
Eeshan · #2728, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Jenisha · #2727, 19y
Cheikh · #2728, 11y
Eeshan · #2728, 13y
Is'haq · #2728, 10y

Elfie 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 Elfie without appearing here.

Elfie moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Kristin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Martine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4798 and #2084 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3185 and #4764.
Ellinor Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5876 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #4686.

Moved ahead of Elfie

Rory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2201.
Linnea Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #2084.
Maren Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3151 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Cecilie Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3961.

Moved the opposite way to Elfie

Dylan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elfie went from #2868 to #4843 while Dylan went from #4137 to #1743.
Frida Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elfie went from #2868 to #4843 while Frida went from #3409 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elfie went from #2868 to #4843 while Meabh went from #2868 to #952.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elfie went from #3197 to #4843 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Elfie

Kari Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elfie went from #2868 to #4843 and Kari from #2868 to #5891.
Kristine Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elfie went from #2727 to #4843 and Kristine from #2191 to #5891.
Finlay Compare
Between 2001 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Elfie went from #3998 to #5666 and Finlay from #853 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 2001 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Elfie went from #3998 to #5666 and Helene from #2023 to #4684.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2727 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elfie

Elfie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elfie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elfie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Elfie and the names beside it

Elfie moved ahead of

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Elfie at a glance

Elfie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elfie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Elfie and the names beside it

Elfie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elfie

Moved the opposite way to Elfie

Moved the same way as Elfie