Elsie-May

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Elsie-May: Recorded every year since 2002, it reached #714 in 2016, and it stood at #1,160 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#714highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3409
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#4294
2008	#2721
2009	#1411
2010	#1993
2011	#1374
2012	#902
2013	#999
2014	#877
2015	#1057
2016	#714
2017	#899
2018	#720
2019	#823
2020	#941
2021	#1128
2022	#1058
2023	#906
2024	#1160

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 every year from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3409 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #714 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1160 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elsie-May 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-May in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	49	8 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	387	10 of 10	39
2020s	167	5 of 10	33

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 39 births a year.

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

Elsie-May 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #714 in England and Wales in 2016.

Elsie-May'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	#1160	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#906	39	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1058	32	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1128	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#941	37	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#823	45	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#720	55	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#899	42	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#714	57	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1057	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#877	43	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#999	36	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#902	41	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #714, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 57 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

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 →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,160position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
57births registered in its largest year, 201650 to 99 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.

Elsie-Mai · #1314, 16y
Elsie-Marie · #2843, 10y
Elsie-Rae · #1136, 14y
Elsie-Rose · #665, 16y

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.

Tomi · #714, 24y
Beck · #716, 28y
Sumaiyah · #712, 28y
Rayhaan · #711, 27y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Botond · #715, 11y
Huey · #715, 25y
Kaspian · #715, 15y
Witold · #713, 12y

Elsie-May was ranked #714 in England and Wales · Girls in 2016. 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.

Elsie-May 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 Elsie-May without appearing here.

Elsie-May moved ahead of

Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #877 and #5691.
Francis Compare
In 2008 they stood at #5061 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1411 and #5556.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #5707.
Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #5061 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1411 and #4564.

Moved ahead of Elsie-May

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #823 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #941 and #460.
Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #714 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #899 and #499.

Moved the opposite way to Elsie-May

Abigail Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsie-May went from #3409 to #1160 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsie-May went from #3409 to #1160 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsie-May went from #3409 to #1160 while Aisling went from #513 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsie-May went from #3409 to #1160 while Alex went from #233 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Elsie-May

Ada Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsie-May went from #3409 to #1160 and Ada from #2301 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsie-May went from #3409 to #1160 and Alma from #2105 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsie-May went from #3409 to #1160 and Amelia from #25 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elsie-May went from #3409 to #1160 and Aria from #2540 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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #714 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elsie-May

Elsie-May at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elsie-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Elsie-May at a glance

Elsie-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Elsie-May

Elsie-May and the names beside it

Elsie-May moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Elsie-May

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