Elsa
Elsa is ranked 938th among girls in 2024 (280 births). Its best rank was 215th, in 1895.
- Rank in 2024
- #938outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2800.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 20141,140 births
- Best rank
- #215in 1895
- Since 1880
- 30,490people given the name
The story in the numbers
30,490 girls have been named Elsa in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 1,140 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 286 → 938).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 2010s alone account for 18%. It has spent 144 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elsa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 537 | |
| 1890s | 1,209 | |
| 1900s | 864 | |
| 1910s | 1,578 | |
| 1920s | 1,466 | |
| 1930s | 1,289 | |
| 1940s | 1,306 | |
| 1950s | 2,508 | |
| 1960s | 2,746 | |
| 1970s | 2,551 | |
| 1980s | 2,082 | |
| 1990s | 2,197 | |
| 2000s | 3,359 | |
| 2010s | 5,449 | |
| 2020s | 1,349 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Elsa was the 286th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2014 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Elsa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lydiapeak 2014
- Helenapeak 2024
- Johannapeak 1984
- Nanapeak 2000
- Ninapeak 1980
- Carrapeak 1993
- Lilliapeak 2013
- Alliepeak 2010
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.