Elsye — girls' name
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.
38% of everyone ever named Elsye was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Elsye in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elsye
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Elsye between 1891 and 2012, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elsye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elsye performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elsye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elsye 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 215 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.
Elsye at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Elsye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1891
- Peak year (1918)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 122 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
215 total births across 122 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 12 births in a single year.
Elsye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 81 births that decade — 38% of Elsye's all-time total
Elsye decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Elsye's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1891–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.