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Elsie
Pronounced /ˈɛlsi/
Rank in 2024
#155
Born in 2024
1,901
Peak year
1918 · #49
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
Vintage revivalIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,901 girls were named Elsie, about 1 in every 849.
- It peaked in 1918 with 5,194 babies, ranked #49.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 187,819 girls have been named Elsie since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Elsie per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 4.5Greatest1901–27
- 1.8Silent1928–45
- 0.3Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 91,079 babies, 4.45 per 1,000. Silent: 36,642 babies, 1.77 per 1,000. Boomers: 10,534 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,428 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,072 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,901 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 15,095 babies, 0.74 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɛlsi/ Rhymes: -ɛlsi ==== Proper noun ==== Elsie A female given name from Hebrew. ===== Usage notes ===== Popular as a formal given name in the English-speaking world at the turn of the 20th century.
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- (rare, obsolete) A diminutive of the male given name Alexander.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈɛlsi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Elsie, CC BY-SA 4.0.