Elsbeth
Elsbeth is a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- German
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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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Elsbeth
The earliest SSA record of Elsbeth as a baby girl name dates back to 1906, when 5 babies received it. 1983 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Elsbeth — #3,806 in the national rankings. Elsbeth last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 737 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Elsbeth
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Names that sound like Elsbeth
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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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