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.

Elsie

#213 most common girls' name of all time · #410 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#213
Rank overall
#410 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
190,958
Since 2016
14,634
Peak year
1918 #49
Best rank
#31 1896
Girls Boys peak 5,221/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Elsie is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 2,236 — 2,236 #123
2024 1,910 — 1,910 #155
2023 1,757 — 1,757 #163
2022 1,563 — 1,563 #189
2021 1,345 — 1,345 #222
2020 1,270 — 1,270 #233
2019 1,288 — 1,288 #249
2018 1,192 — 1,192 #278
2017 1,092 — 1,092 #299
2016 981 — 981 #340
2015 848 — 848 #386
2014 1,005 — 1,005 #334
2013 857 — 857 #365
2012 788 — 788 #393
2011 621 — 621 #479
2010 462 — 462 #637
2009 428 — 428 #680
2008 405 — 405 #739
2007 317 — 317 #882
2006 308 — 308 #865
2005 271 — 271 #917
2004 211 — 211 #1,086
2003 182 — 182 #1,180
2002 176 — 176 #1,165
2001 152 — 152 #1,285
2000 147 — 147 #1,301
1999 147 — 147 #1,258
1998 151 — 151 #1,213
1997 138 — 138 #1,275
1996 128 — 128 #1,328
1995 169 — 169 #1,060
1994 149 — 149 #1,185
1993 144 — 144 #1,202
1992 152 — 152 #1,156
1991 134 — 134 #1,257
1990 144 — 144 #1,186
1989 129 — 129 #1,234
1988 131 — 131 #1,164
1987 122 — 122 #1,192
1986 116 — 116 #1,203
1985 131 — 131 #1,103
1984 108 — 108 #1,205
1983 103 — 103 #1,230
1982 100 — 100 #1,277
1981 113 — 113 #1,172
1980 121 — 121 #1,125
1979 128 — 128 #1,074
1978 97 — 97 #1,265
1977 108 — 108 #1,157
1976 113 — 113 #1,078
1975 141 — 141 #917
1974 144 — 144 #889
1973 134 — 134 #917
1972 130 — 130 #944
1971 141 — 141 #919
1970 159 — 159 #850
1969 166 — 166 #800
1968 166 — 166 #776
1967 199 — 199 #690
1966 228 — 228 #635
1965 253 — 253 #611
1964 248 — 248 #648
1963 301 — 301 #567
1962 309 — 309 #556
1961 346 — 346 #525
1960 348 — 348 #518
1959 401 5 406 #483
1958 416 — 416 #465
1957 499 — 499 #416
1956 477 — 477 #417
1955 526 — 526 #385
1954 549 — 549 #373
1953 593 — 593 #342
1952 575 5 580 #344
1951 631 6 637 #314
1950 689 — 689 #294
1949 729 5 734 #286
1948 903 — 903 #249
1947 953 — 953 #244
1946 1,041 9 1,050 #222
1945 977 — 977 #202
1944 1,095 9 1,104 #191
1943 1,245 12 1,257 #181
1942 1,399 10 1,409 #166
1941 1,415 8 1,423 #157
1940 1,466 9 1,475 #151
1939 1,703 10 1,713 #140
1938 1,775 17 1,792 #137
1937 1,938 14 1,952 #125
1936 1,874 12 1,886 #123
1935 2,075 13 2,088 #113
1934 2,270 19 2,289 #107
1933 2,376 27 2,403 #99
1932 2,554 15 2,569 #97
1931 2,807 21 2,828 #86
1930 2,973 20 2,993 #88
1929 3,230 24 3,254 #78
1928 3,470 17 3,487 #73
1927 3,803 36 3,839 #72
1926 3,910 20 3,930 #69
1925 4,146 34 4,180 #63
1924 4,499 20 4,519 #61
1923 4,550 16 4,566 #61
1922 4,618 15 4,633 #59
1921 4,879 26 4,905 #55
1920 4,993 22 5,015 #51
1919 4,995 21 5,016 #47
1918 5,194 27 5,221 #49
1917 4,939 22 4,961 #50
1916 5,027 23 5,050 #48
1915 4,967 19 4,986 #41
1914 3,683 27 3,710 #46
1913 3,209 16 3,225 #40
1912 2,895 11 2,906 #42
1911 2,224 15 2,239 #41
1910 2,141 16 2,157 #44
1909 2,064 12 2,076 #39
1908 1,983 7 1,990 #41
1907 1,872 10 1,882 #43
1906 1,771 11 1,782 #40
1905 1,811 — 1,811 #40
1904 1,719 12 1,731 #39
1903 1,720 12 1,732 #38
1902 1,720 14 1,734 #38
1901 1,747 10 1,757 #35
1900 2,045 15 2,060 #38
1899 1,706 10 1,716 #33
1898 1,919 5 1,924 #33
1897 1,763 7 1,770 #31
1896 1,878 6 1,884 #31
1895 1,795 9 1,804 #32
1894 1,716 9 1,725 #33
1893 1,586 10 1,596 #35
1892 1,489 9 1,498 #37
1891 1,303 8 1,311 #38
1890 1,220 8 1,228 #45
1889 1,199 5 1,204 #41
1888 1,112 7 1,119 #47
1887 833 — 833 #49
1886 698 6 704 #58
1885 685 5 690 #55
1884 549 — 549 #63
1883 479 — 479 #65
1882 448 — 448 #65
1881 344 — 344 #70
1880 301 6 307 #78