Elsy comes from the Hebrew / Norse tradition, meaning My God is oath / noble.
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How popular is Elsy?
2020peak year
Today, Elsy is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2841), with only about 76 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2020, 135 babies were given the name (ranked #1563 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2020s. Elsy has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 1,753 babies have been registered as Elsy since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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