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Elsy

#2,341 in 2025Girls' name

Of noble kind, through Elsie

Elsy has been given to 1,832 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #2,341 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 135 recorded.

Babies named Elsy, 2025

1 in 42,500

Elsy over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elsy: meaning, origin, and history

Of noble kind, through Elsie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elsy means

Elsy belongs to the name family reached through Elsy → Elsie → Alison. Its meaning is “of noble kind”.

Origin, language, and formation

Elsy is used in Spanish and Swedish.

Elsy comes through English Elsie.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elsie and Alison.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Elsy is pronounced /ˈelsi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,832 girls were recorded with the name Elsy between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 135 in 2020; its best national rank was #1,563 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,563 in 2020 to #2,341 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,614 in 2015 to #2,341 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Elsy?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 42,500
78 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 20,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,341
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
29,461 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Elsy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 29,461 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elsy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Elsys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elsy was born before 2012 — so the typical Elsy is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
34.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,832
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Choose a decade

2020s — 34.3% of all recorded uses (629).

Is Elsy rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−135
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−778
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,273
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.81×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
57.8%
Peak was 2020 (135)
Years since peak
5
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,563
2020

Spellings of Elsy

Elsy is not the most common spelling — Kelly is, with 29.5% against Elsy's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Elsy is used

Across 2016–2025, Elsy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 8,333 girls, against 1 in 15,747 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

112 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 8,333
  2. 2Nevada1 in 9,091
  3. 3Texas1 in 12,500
  4. 4Kansas1 in 20,000
  5. 5Oregon1 in 25,000
  6. 6Washington1 in 25,000
  7. 7New York1 in 33,333
  8. 8Arizona1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Elsy around the world

Where Elsy ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2011–2024
    #4,844
    in 2024
  • France
    1971–2025
    #6,498
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2007–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Elsy by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,341
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 778
Best rank ever
#1,563
2020
Peak year
2020
135 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,832
Count in 2025
78

Names similar to Elsy

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Elsy

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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