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Elsy

Feminine · “my God is an oath”

1969high 2020
#2326 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare78 girls in 2025

Elsy is a short form of Elizabeth — my God is an oath — and the Hebrew ties swearing to the number seven.

How old is the name Elsy?

Elsy first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Elsy is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,800 people named Elsy are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Elsy most popular?

Elsy peaked in 2020, reaching #1559 nationally. Today it ranks #2326, 767 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Elsy

Elisheva is Aaron's wife in Exodus, and Greek and Latin made Elizabeth from her name — one of the most-used in European history. Scots produced Elsie as a short form, and Spanish-speaking families Elsy. It appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

my God is an oath

Through Elizabeth and Elsie, from the Hebrew Elisheva — el, 'God', and sheva, 'oath' or 'seven'. Hebrew idiom links swearing an oath to the number seven, so the two senses are one word. The Elsy spelling is Spanish-influenced. The Hebrew is documented.

How the name formed

  1. Elisheva
  2. Elizabeth
  3. Elsie
  4. Elsy

Related forms: Elsy · Elsie · Else

Pronouncing Elsy

EL-see

Two syllables, stress on the first. Elsy and Elsie are homophones.

Nicknames for Elsy

Moderate

ElsieThe commoner English spelling of the same sound
ElThe front sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1969–20251356801357819692025

US babies named Elsy per year from 1969 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#15591960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1969
Most girls named
2020135 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1559reached in 2020
Change vs 2024
−9.3%78 in 2025, from 86
Elsy sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2020, with 135 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Elsy in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Elsy in Spanish — same name
  • Elsie in English — spelling variant
  • Else in German — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.

Elsys among us

1,800

people named Elsy are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 20,606 born in 2025 was named Elsy

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Elsy

#2326
Elsy on the 2025 chart
#865
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Elsy went to 78 girls in 2025, but Elsi is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 95, which makes it the 865th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,461 places above the chart.

  • Elsy78
  • Elsi17

About 1 girl in 16,919 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,606 for Elsy itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Lizzette test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Elsy's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lizzette climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lizzette's path sketches the road Elsy is walking now.

40%chance Elsy will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Elsy, aligned on its peakLizzette· peak 1967not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+60 yrsLizzette · #15197Elsy today
Elsy today is about where Lizzette stood in 1972 — 5 years past a #1559-sized peak. By 1987, Lizzette had settled around #2636.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Elsy sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Elsy is headed

19692030

US babies named Elsy per year, 1969 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Elsy should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Steady+5% by 2030projected around #2,342 in 2030

Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Elsy beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Elsy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Elsythis name78#2326Ria78#2326Malaika78#2326Delta78#2326Caitlin78#2326

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That oath and seven are the same idea in Hebrew is a genuinely fine detail.
  • Elizabeth is available as a full formal version.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Elsie is the commoner English spelling.
  • It reads as a diminutive rather than a full name.
  • It reads as specifically Latin American in this spelling.

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Frequently asked

How many Elsys are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Elsy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Elsy?
Elsy is the most-used spelling in US records — 78 of the 95 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Elsi.
How popular is the name Elsy in 2025?
Elsy ranks #2326 among US girl names in 2025, with 78 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Elsy?
About 1 in every 20,606 US girls born in 2025 was named Elsy — 78 in all.
Will my child share the name Elsy with classmates?
Elsy will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Elsy

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Ria#2326 · Malaika#2326 · Delta#2326 · Caitlin#2326 · Tommie#2326 · Azalia#2326 · Audrina#2326 · Sitara#2326

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