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How popular is the name Elspeth?
Births per year, rank history and how many Elspeths are alive today.
Elspeth (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 997th in 2025 with 34 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2016, when 67 babies were given the name, the 630th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1282 in 2022 before climbing back to the 997th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. Common short forms of Elspeth include Eliza, Libby and Beth.
The Elspeth you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Elspeths born in England and Wales are between 10 and 28, and there are at least 1,500 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 Elspeth - on average, only one in every 210 such rooms contains a Elspeth.
How many babies are named Elspeth each year?
Where does Elspeth 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 Elspeth most popular?
Elspeth peaked in 2016, when 67 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Elspeth?
At least 1,500 people named Elspeth born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Elspeth?
Most living Elspeths are between 10 and 28; the most common age is about 9.
Is Elspeth becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.