Elspeth — #6168 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elspeth

The Social Security Administration has registered 904 babies named Elspeth between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elspeth currently holds the #6168 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elspeth performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Elspeth shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Elspeth in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elspeth 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 904 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.