Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Elsie

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elsie
Creator: Social Security Administration

Resurgent Gaining cultural share

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

5,194

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

63.4%

2024

1,901

All-time

187,819

Elsie is accumulating new signal in the present tense. Whether it is a revival or a fresh adoption curve, the name is moving from background noise toward cultural visibility again.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 5,194 girls were named Elsie.

In 2024, only 1,901 girls were given the name.

All told, about 187,819 Americans have been named Elsie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryGaining cultural share

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