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How popular is the name Elsey?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elseys are alive today.
Elsey (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Elsie in England and Wales, ranked 4867th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2018, when 7 babies were given the name, the 3178th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Elsie you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old. Half of all Elsies born in England and Wales are between 7 and 73, and there are at least 47,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 14% chance that at least one of them will be called Elsie.
How many babies are named Elsey each year?
Includes all spellings: Elsey, Elsie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Elsey spelling rank?
Where does the Elsie spelling rank?
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 Elsey most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Elsie, peaked in 1914, when around 13,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Elsey spelling itself peaked in 2018, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Elsey?
At least 47,000 people named Elsey in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Elsey?
Most living Elseys are between 7 and 73; the most common age is about 7.
Is Elsey becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.