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.

Elsy

#4,735 most common girls' name of all time · #8,039 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among girls
#4,735
Rank overall
#8,039 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,832
Since 2016
791
Peak year
2020 #1,567
Best rank
#1,567 2020
Girls Boys peak 135/yr
198020002020

Elsy first appears in 1969. 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
2025 78 — 78 #2,341
2024 86 — 86 #2,210
2023 103 — 103 #1,928
2022 114 — 114 #1,802
2021 113 — 113 #1,798
2020 135 — 135 #1,567
2019 60 — 60 #2,799
2018 33 — 33 #4,282
2017 37 — 37 #4,019
2016 32 — 32 #4,459
2015 43 — 43 #3,618
2014 36 — 36 #4,132
2013 38 — 38 #3,942
2012 38 — 38 #4,007
2011 35 — 35 #4,186
2010 38 — 38 #3,981
2009 45 — 45 #3,584
2008 42 — 42 #3,814
2007 55 — 55 #3,140
2006 55 — 55 #3,071
2005 40 — 40 #3,684
2004 30 — 30 #4,534
2003 39 — 39 #3,621
2002 29 — 29 #4,340
2001 39 — 39 #3,452
2000 30 — 30 #4,132
1999 29 — 29 #4,020
1998 37 — 37 #3,329
1997 27 — 27 #4,063
1996 28 — 28 #3,893
1995 25 — 25 #4,168
1994 22 — 22 #4,598
1993 24 — 24 #4,330
1992 16 — 16 #5,859
1991 30 — 30 #3,595
1990 18 — 18 #5,183
1989 22 — 22 #4,305
1988 15 — 15 #5,478
1987 14 — 14 #5,479
1986 18 — 18 #4,486
1985 16 — 16 #4,772
1984 10 — 10 #6,589
1983 8 — 8 #7,724
1982 8 — 8 #7,859
1981 8 — 8 #7,816
1979 5 — 5 #10,967
1978 6 — 6 #9,147
1977 6 — 6 #9,069
1972 5 — 5 #9,139
1970 5 — 5 #8,943
1969 7 — 7 #6,569