Elsey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-see
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Elsey is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Elsey mean?
Hebrew: variant of Elsie, a Scottish pet form of Elizabeth
“my God is an oath”
Elsey is also an English surname, which may account for some use.
Is Elsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Elsey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elsey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Elsey, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Elsey than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Elsey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,933 girls in the UK were given Elsey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Elsey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Elsey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Elsey, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Elsey in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,368 girls in the US were given Elsey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #150, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Elsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Nicknames for Elsey
- Elsie 1,890 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elsey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isla, Harper, Elodie, Freya, Ivy, Paisley, Lyra, Miley, Eliza, Evie, Poppy, Mila
Other spellings of Elsey
Names related to Elsey
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elsey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elsey, updated 20 October 2026.