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How popular is the name Elsa?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elsas are alive today.
Elsa (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 684th in 2025 with 54 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2014, when 537 babies were given the name, the 104th most popular that year. It has declined since 2014; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Common short forms of Elsa include Beth.
The Elsa you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Elsas born in England and Wales are between 11 and 19, and there are at least 3,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Elsa.
How many babies are named Elsa each year?
Where does Elsa rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Elsa most popular?
Elsa peaked in 2014, when 537 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Elsa?
At least 3,900 people named Elsa born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Elsa?
Most living Elsas are between 11 and 19; the most common age is about 13.
Is Elsa becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.