Is Elsie a boy or girl name?
Elsie is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 1,901 girls and 0 boys were named Elsie, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.5% of the 188,705 US babies named Elsie were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #155
- Babies named Elsie since 1880
- 188,705
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 5,221 babies
Boys and girls named Elsie, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 29 | 6,648 | 99.6% |
| 1890s | 81 | 16,375 | 99.5% |
| 1900s | 103 | 18,452 | 99.4% |
| 1910s | 197 | 39,274 | 99.5% |
| 1920s | 230 | 42,098 | 99.5% |
| 1930s | 168 | 22,345 | 99.3% |
| 1940s | 62 | 11,223 | 99.5% |
| 1950s | 16 | 5,356 | 99.7% |
| 1960s | 0 | 2,563 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,296 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,173 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,456 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,594 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 9,133 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 7,833 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 1,901 | #155 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 1,756 | #163 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 1,562 | #188 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 1,345 | #222 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 1,269 | #233 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 1,288 | #250 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 1,192 | #277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 1,092 | #299 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 980 | #340 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 848 | #386 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 1,005 | #334 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 857 | #365 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 788 | #392 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 621 | #479 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 462 | #638 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 426 | #684 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 405 | #738 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 317 | #882 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 308 | #866 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 271 | #918 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 210 | #1,091 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 182 | #1,181 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 176 | #1,167 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 152 | #1,285 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 147 | #1,301 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 147 | #1,262 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 151 | #1,215 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 138 | #1,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 128 | #1,335 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 169 | #1,060 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 149 | #1,186 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 144 | #1,206 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 152 | #1,159 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 134 | #1,257 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 144 | #1,190 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 129 | #1,237 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 131 | #1,167 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 122 | #1,192 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 116 | #1,204 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 130 | #1,113 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 108 | #1,208 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 103 | #1,233 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,282 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 113 | #1,172 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 121 | #1,126 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 128 | #1,076 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 97 | #1,267 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 108 | #1,157 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 113 | #1,080 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 142 | #916 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 144 | #890 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 134 | #921 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 130 | #944 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 141 | #923 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 159 | #848 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 166 | #800 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 165 | #779 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 199 | #692 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 228 | #635 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 253 | #611 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 248 | #650 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 301 | #567 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 309 | #556 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 346 | #523 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 348 | #517 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,166 | 401 | #484 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 416 | #464 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 499 | #416 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 477 | #417 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 526 | #385 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 549 | #373 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 593 | #342 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,890 | 575 | #344 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,461 | 631 | #314 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 689 | #294 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,845 | 729 | #286 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 903 | #249 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 953 | #244 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,584 | 1,041 | #222 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 977 | #202 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,516 | 1,095 | #191 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,210 | 1,245 | #181 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,422 | 1,398 | #166 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,715 | 1,416 | #157 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,536 | 1,466 | #151 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,328 | 1,703 | #140 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,708 | 1,775 | #137 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,932 | 1,938 | #125 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,094 | 1,874 | #123 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,065 | 2,075 | #113 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,626 | 2,270 | #107 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,284 | 2,376 | #99 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,942 | 2,554 | #97 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,558 | 2,807 | #86 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,660 | 2,973 | #88 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,493 | 3,230 | #78 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,923 | 3,470 | #73 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,210 | 3,803 | #72 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,747 | 3,910 | #69 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,235 | 4,146 | #63 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,795 | 4,499 | #61 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,049 | 4,550 | #61 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,171 | 4,618 | #59 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,488 | 4,879 | #55 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,660 | 4,993 | #51 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,649 | 4,995 | #47 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,382 | 5,194 | #49 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,545 | 4,939 | #50 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,472 | 5,027 | #48 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,620 | 4,967 | #41 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,110 | 3,683 | #46 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,328 | 3,209 | #40 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,558 | 2,895 | #42 |
| 1911 | 15 | #870 | 2,224 | #41 |
| 1910 | 16 | #762 | 2,141 | #44 |
| 1909 | 12 | #857 | 2,064 | #39 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,139 | 1,983 | #41 |
| 1907 | 10 | #888 | 1,872 | #43 |
| 1906 | 11 | #774 | 1,771 | #40 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 1,811 | #40 |
| 1904 | 12 | #697 | 1,719 | #39 |
| 1903 | 12 | #668 | 1,720 | #38 |
| 1902 | 14 | #598 | 1,720 | #38 |
| 1901 | 10 | #695 | 1,747 | #35 |
| 1900 | 15 | #654 | 2,045 | #38 |
| 1899 | 10 | #673 | 1,706 | #33 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,180 | 1,919 | #33 |
| 1897 | 7 | #875 | 1,763 | #31 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,022 | 1,878 | #31 |
| 1895 | 9 | #753 | 1,795 | #32 |
| 1894 | 9 | #752 | 1,716 | #33 |
| 1893 | 10 | #671 | 1,586 | #35 |
| 1892 | 9 | #765 | 1,489 | #37 |
| 1891 | 8 | #724 | 1,303 | #38 |
| 1890 | 8 | #767 | 1,220 | #45 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,015 | 1,199 | #41 |
| 1888 | 7 | #847 | 1,112 | #47 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 833 | #49 |
| 1886 | 6 | #877 | 698 | #58 |
| 1885 | 5 | #982 | 685 | #55 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 549 | #63 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 479 | #65 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 448 | #65 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 344 | #70 |
| 1880 | 6 | #850 | 301 | #78 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Elsie reached #598 in 1902. As a girl name, it reached #31 in 1896. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Elsie
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.