Elsie-Mae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-see-MAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #493 for girls
Elsie-Mae is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “God is my oath + month of May”. In 2025 it ranked 493rd for girls in the UK (90 babies).
What does Elsie-Mae mean?
Modern: combination of Elsie and Mae
“God is my oath + month of May”
Combines Elsie, a pet form of Elizabeth, with Mae, a variant of May.
Is Elsie-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?
Elsie-Mae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 90 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elsie-Mae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 493rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90 about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the UK were named Elsie-Mae, making it the 493rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 489th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 99 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elsie-Mae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 121 girls in the UK were given Elsie-Mae or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #389, up from #493 for this spelling alone.
- Elsie-Mae 90
- Elsie-May 31
Among girls in 2025, it was 444th in England and Wales.
Elsie-Mae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #493 |
| 2024 | 93 | #482 |
| 2023 | 83 | #522 |
| 2022 | 99 | #468 |
| 2021 | 83 | #539 |
| 2020 | 90 | #489 |
| 2019 | 83 | #538 |
| 2018 | 83 | #556 |
| 2017 | 69 | #660 |
| 2016 | 66 | #689 |
| 2015 | 61 | #714 |
| 2014 | 55 | #772 |
| 2013 | 60 | #729 |
| 2012 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2011 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
Nicknames for Elsie-Mae
- Elsie 1,890 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elsie-Mae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elodie, Elsie, Eliza, Evelyn, Myla, Ottilie, Emmie, Emilia, Beatrice, Violet, Lottie, Olive
Other spellings of Elsie-Mae
Names related to Elsie-Mae
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elsie-Mae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elsie-mae, updated 20 October 2026.