How rare is the name Elsy?

4,691 people in the United States have the first name Elsy, about 1 in 64,385. It ranks #4,107 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ELSY

#4,107

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,691
About
1 in 64,385
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,691 people named Elsy, 90.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.5% as White. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elsy peaked in 2020, when 135 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
135
In 2025*
78 ▼42%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,832 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Elsy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,452. The largest share of babies named Elsy, 49.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#15,8207
1970s#15,34527
1980s#8,970119
1990s#6,771256
2000s#6,196404
2010s#6,677390
2020s#3,452629
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–9615.4%
Generation Z 1997–1233.2%
2013 and later49.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Elsy

1 other first name also has 4,691 people.

#4,107 Aleta · 4,691

Either side of Elsy

#4,106 Gentry · 4,693#4,107 Aleta · 4,691#4,109 Jovanni · 4,690#4,110 Azaria · 4,682

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elsy, most common first.

#898 Elsa · 50,134#11,390 Else · 1,127#11,403 Elsi · 1,125#33,410 Elcy · 248#33,410 Elky · 248#40,339 Elzy · 185#44,359 Elsey · 156#46,195 Els · 145

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