Elsie-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-see-MAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
Elsie-May is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies).
What does Elsie-May mean?
Modern: combination of Elsie and May
Joins Elsie, a Scottish pet form of Elizabeth, with May, the spring month.
Is Elsie-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Elsie-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elsie-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,135th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Elsie-May, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 974th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 57 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elsie-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 121 girls in the UK were given Elsie-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #389, up from #1,135 for this spelling alone.
- Elsie-Mae 90
- Elsie-May 31
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,079th in England and Wales.
Elsie-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 39 | #969 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 38 | #974 |
| 2019 | 48 | #839 |
| 2018 | 56 | #762 |
| 2017 | 43 | #947 |
| 2016 | 57 | #758 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 43 | #936 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
Nicknames for Elsie-May
- Elsie 1,890 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elsie-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliza, Evelyn, Elsie, Elodie, Myla, Emilia, Ivy, Violet, Fatima, Matilda, Sophia, Delilah
Other spellings of Elsie-May
Names related to Elsie-May
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-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elsie-may, updated 20 October 2026.