Elsey

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Elsey: Recorded since 2007, it reached #3,178 in 2018, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#3178highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201
2009	#5556
2012	#4171
2013	#4050
2015	#4736
2016	#5785
2018	#3178
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2021	#5581
2024	#5891

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 11 of the 18 years from 2007 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #5201 among girls in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #3178 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elsey 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 Elsey in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	29	6 of 10	5
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Elsey 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 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3178 in England and Wales in 2018.

Elsey'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	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 2007 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,178, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

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 →
4 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 →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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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.

Amya · #3178, 15y
Laraya · #3178, 10y
Marylou · #3174, 10y
Naa · #3174, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Amya · #3178, 15y
Saiya · #3185, 13y
Sophia-Louise · #3185, 10y
Reia · #3192, 10y

Elsey 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 Elsey without appearing here.

Elsey moved ahead of

Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.
Tracey Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #3985.

Moved ahead of Elsey

Maren Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.
Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1977.

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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 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3178 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elsey

Elsey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elsey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elsey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Elsey and the names beside it

Elsey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elsey

Elsey at a glance

Elsey by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elsey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Elsey and the names beside it

Elsey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elsey