Elsy
Elsy is a name. Notable people with this name include:
- Swedish
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Elsy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elsy is a name. Notable people with this name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Spanish
The Story of Elsy
Elsy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1969, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2020: 135 births, good for #1,558 nationwide. About 37% of every Elsy on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Elsy ranks #2,328 for baby girls with 79 births, rising sharply (+24% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Elsy
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Elsy. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Elsy
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About the name Elsy
Elsy is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Elsy's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #1,558. Use the chart and map above to compare Elsy'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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