Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Else

#10,844 most common girls' name of all time · #18,010 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1884–2020

Rank among girls
#10,844
Rank overall
#18,010 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
514
Since 2016
23
Peak year
1932 #2,270
Best rank
#953 1892
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Else first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2020 5 5 #15,140
2019 5 5 #15,604
2018 7 7 #12,501
2017 6 6 #14,170
2013 12 12 #9,052
2012 9 9 #11,284
2011 7 7 #13,386
2010 6 6 #15,018
2009 6 6 #15,284
2008 6 6 #15,453
2007 8 8 #12,709
2006 6 6 #15,192
2005 10 10 #10,148
2004 5 5 #16,163
2002 10 10 #9,502
2001 6 6 #13,566
2000 10 10 #9,195
1999 8 8 #10,375
1994 6 6 #11,827
1978 5 5 #9,826
1974 6 6 #7,730
1968 6 6 #6,310
1962 5 5 #6,653
1959 6 6 #5,625
1956 6 6 #5,392
1955 5 5 #5,909
1946 8 8 #3,714
1940 5 5 #4,432
1937 8 8 #3,195
1936 9 9 #2,912
1935 14 14 #2,231
1934 12 12 #2,448
1933 10 10 #2,723
1932 14 14 #2,270
1931 7 7 #3,550
1930 9 9 #3,112
1929 8 8 #3,431
1928 13 13 #2,515
1927 11 11 #2,897
1926 12 12 #2,738
1924 6 6 #4,485
1923 6 6 #4,434
1922 5 5 #5,065
1921 10 10 #3,210
1920 7 7 #4,020
1919 13 13 #2,545
1918 6 6 #4,341
1917 11 11 #2,718
1916 7 7 #3,594
1915 8 8 #3,176
1913 7 7 #2,589
1912 7 7 #2,415
1907 6 6 #1,883
1904 6 6 #1,722
1902 5 5 #1,850
1900 7 7 #1,618
1898 6 6 #1,574
1896 7 7 #1,342
1895 12 12 #968
1894 5 5 #1,565
1893 10 10 #1,008
1892 11 11 #953
1891 7 7 #1,159
1890 7 7 #1,173
1887 5 5 #1,238
1886 5 5 #1,222
1884 5 5 #1,133