Else
Girl · EL-seh · Hebrew
Else is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Else mean?
Hebrew: German and Scandinavian short form of Elisabeth
“my God is an oath”
Else Lasker-Schüler was a leading German Expressionist poet.
- Say it
- EL-seh
Is Else a girl's or a boy's name?
Else is a girls' name.
How popular is Else in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1932, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Else in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Else in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 12 | #932 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 11 | #908 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
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