Elsbeth — #15342 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elsbeth

The Social Security Administration has registered 737 babies named Elsbeth between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elsbeth currently holds the #15342 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elsbeth performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Elsbeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Elsbeth in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elsbeth in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 737 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.