Elsi

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Elsi: Recorded since 2004, its highest recorded position is #790, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#790highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2008	#3005
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#2636
2012	#2095
2013	#1707
2014	#1299
2015	#1324
2016	#1472
2017	#1021
2018	#1035
2019	#1218
2020	#1013
2021	#1224
2022	#1452
2023	#1288
2024	#885

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 England and Wales in 18 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #885 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — 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 #885 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elsi 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 Elsi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010s	210	10 of 10	21
2020sbusiest	147	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Elsi 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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024.

Elsi'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	#885	41	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1224	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1218	27	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1035	34	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1021	35	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1299	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	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 2004 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #790, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 20 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.

Else-Marie · #217, 17y
Elsey · #3178, 11y
Elsie · #10, 47y
Elsie-Grace · #1562, 10y

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.

Aiva · #790, 19y
Aleeha · #790, 18y
Alyvia · #790, 15y
Arella · #790, 13y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Aiva · #790, 19y
Aleeha · #790, 18y
Aleia · #790, 13y
Alyvia · #790, 15y

Elsi was ranked #790 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.

Elsi 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 Elsi without appearing here.

Elsi moved ahead of

Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1299 and #5691.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2095 and #5876.
Finlay Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2636 and #5785.
Kai Compare
In 2010 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2636 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Elsi

Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1035 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1218 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Elsi

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsi went from #4598 to #885 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsi went from #4598 to #885 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsi went from #4598 to #885 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsi went from #4598 to #885 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Elsi

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsi went from #4598 to #885 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsi went from #4598 to #885 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsi went from #4598 to #885 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsi went from #4598 to #885 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

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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 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Elsi at a glance

What the data shows

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Elsi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Elsi at a glance

Elsi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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