# Elspeth (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elspeth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Elspie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 919 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 919 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,272, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 10,620 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,336 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,266 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,673 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,604 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,496 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,897 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,605 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,801 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5,207 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,779 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,805 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,183 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,239 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,600 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 673 |
| 2012 | 56 | 722 |
| 2013 | 55 | 725 |
| 2014 | 52 | 750 |
| 2015 | 48 | 794 |
| 2016 | 67 | 630 |
| 2017 | 55 | 733 |
| 2018 | 53 | 745 |
| 2019 | 40 | 897 |
| 2020 | 45 | 807 |
| 2021 | 37 | 936 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 36 | 980 |
| 2025 | 34 | 997 |

## People named Elspeth

- Elspeth Attwooll, British politician (born 1943)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.