The first nameElsie

In 2025, 1,700 girls were named Elsie, making it the 8th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2018, with 1,875 births (#22).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Elsie with other names.

In 2025, 2,236 girls born in the United States were named Elsie, the 123rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1918, when 5,194 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Elsie Fisher
  American actor, born 2003
• Elsie Janis
  American actress (1889-1956)
• Elsie Ferguson
  American actress (1883–1961)
• Elsie de Wolfe
  American actress and interior decorator (1865-1950)
• Elsie Clews Parsons
  American anthropologist (1875-1941)
• Elsie Widdowson
  British nutritionist (1906–2000)
• Elsie Maud Wakefield
  British mycologist (1886-1972)
• Elsie Windes
  American water polo player, born 1985
• Elsie Jane Wilson
  Australian film director (1890-1965)
• Elsie Bowerman
  British lawyer and suffragette, 1889–1973
• Elsie Naumburg
  American Ornithologist (1880–1953)
• Elsie Mackay
  British actress and aviator (1893-1928)

• Ava
• Isabella
• Elizabeth
• Jessica
• Maria
• Abigail
• Maya
• Hannah
• Sarah
• Aria
• Molly
• Eliza
• Leah
• Delilah
• Isabel
• Naomi

All 346 names of Hebrew origin

What does the name Elsie mean?

From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth.

What is the origin of the name Elsie?

From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth.

How popular is the name Elsie?

In 2025, 1,700 girls born in England and Wales were named Elsie, ranking 8th. Its peak was 2018, with 1,875 births.