Elsbeth
Elsbeth is a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Elsbeth
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elsbeth is a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Elsbeth
Elsbeth first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1906, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1983, when 20 Elsbeths were born — ranking #3,806 that year. As of 2026, Elsbeth ranks #15,243 for baby girls with 5 births, falling sharply (-19%). In total, more than 737 Elsbeths have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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About the name Elsbeth
Elsbeth is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1906 and has accumulated 737 births in the dataset. Elsbeth's peak popularity came in 1983 when it ranked #3,806. Use the chart and map above to compare Elsbeth's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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