Girls' name · since 1891
Elsye
215 babies named Elsye in U.S. Social Security records since 1891, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,069 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 215
- born since 1891
- 1910s
- peak decade
Elsye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 215 have been recorded since 1891.
Elsye has 215 recorded births among girls since 1891, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1891 to 2012.
- #19,069 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 215 born since 1891
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elsye ranks #19,069 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 215 born since 1891, peaking in the 1910s.
- #19,069 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 215
- born since 1891
- 1910s
- peak decade
Elsye's 215 recorded births place it above 73.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Elsye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Elsye splits its recorded history at 1919: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1891 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Elsye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1891–2012
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 122 years of records
Elsye by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (81 births, 38% of the file).
1910s was Elsye's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Elsye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 29
1890s
29 births
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
81 births
- 1920s
1920s
74 births
- 1930s 18
1930s
18 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 81 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Elsye's decade-level peak was the 1910s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Elsye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~121 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1891–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elsye draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.