Girl
Elsie
Elsie is a girl's name meaning "God is my oath", drawing on Hebrew roots. It is not as common as it was in the 1920s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. The registry counts around 155,212 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
HebrewDiminutive of Elizabeth
HebrewGod is my oath
Births by decade
1900s
18,555
1910s
39,471
1920s
42,328
1930s
22,510
1940s
11,285
1950s
5,373
1960s
2,564
1970s
1,299
1980s
1,171
1990s
1,451
2000s
2,581
2010s
6,624
Peaked in the 1920s · 155,212 total U.S. births since 1900