Else — girls' name

What the Data Says About Else

The Social Security Administration has registered 514 babies named Else between 1884 and 2020, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Else currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Else performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Else shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Else in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Else 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 514 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.