Elsie
Quick answers about Elsie
How many people are named Elsie?
An estimated 35,701 living Americans are named Elsie.
How rare is Elsie?
Elsie is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 2,236 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 57% from its 1918 peak.
How old is the typical Elsie?
The median age of a living American named Elsie is approximately 14 years, with most bearers falling between 6 and 64 years old.
Is Elsie still popular?
Yes — Elsie is currently rising in popularity, with 2,236 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 2.4× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Elsie most common?
Elsie has its strongest geographic signal in North Dakota, where it appears 7.3× more often than the national baseline.
Elsie is most concentrated in North Dakota — about 7.3× the national rate in the 2010s. It also runs high in South Dakota.
States where Elsie is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.