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How popular is the name Elsbeth?

Births per year, rank history and how many Elsbeths are alive today.

Elsbeth (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4867th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2012, when 16 babies were given the name, the 1809th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 25% of its peak. Common short forms of Elsbeth include Eliza, Libby and Beth.

The Elsbeth you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Elsbeths born in England and Wales are between 9 and 23, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Elsbeth - on average, only one in every 1,370 such rooms contains a Elsbeth.

How many babies are named Elsbeth each year?

051015200020201996: 31997: 41998: 31999: 62000: 52001: 52002: 92003: 62004: 62005: 32006: 32007: 62008: 82009: 62010: 132011: 72012: 162013: 102014: 72015: 142016: 92017: 142018: 122019: 102020: 62021: 72022: 62023: 52024: 52025: 4actual

Where does Elsbeth rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 3,7951997: ranked 3,1741998: ranked 3,8481999: ranked 2,4442000: ranked 2,7462001: ranked 2,7832002: ranked 1,9282003: ranked 2,7272004: ranked 2,8022005: ranked 4,7982006: ranked 5,0612007: ranked 3,2182008: ranked 2,7212009: ranked 3,4222010: ranked 1,9932011: ranked 3,1852012: ranked 1,8092013: ranked 2,4602014: ranked 3,1602015: ranked 1,9612016: ranked 2,7572017: ranked 1,9952018: ranked 2,1872019: ranked 2,4582020: ranked 3,4472021: ranked 3,1922022: ranked 3,5342023: ranked 4,0572024: ranked 4,1932025: ranked 4,867

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 Elsbeth most popular?

Elsbeth peaked in 2012, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Elsbeth?

At least 230 people named Elsbeth born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Elsbeth?

Most living Elsbeths are between 9 and 23; the most common age is about 10.

Is Elsbeth becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.






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