Elsa
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Elsa
Lost in limbo for decades and decades, Elsa now stands a good chance of following along in the progression from Emma to Ella to Etta, thanks to the ice queen heroine who "Let It Go" in the wildly popular Disney movie Frozen. The name shot all the up to Number 286 (its highest ranking since the 1890s) in the year after the release of the movie, though it's now dropped back down the list in the US.
Elsa has international credibility, ranking in the Top 100 in countries as diverse as Sweden, Spain, and France. If Elsa, is just too Frozen for you, sister name Elsie is also on the rise, especially popular in English-speaking countries.
Elsa came into English-speaking use in the nineteenth century, boosted by Wagner's operatic bride in Lohengrin—the first to walk down the aisle to the famous wedding march. For a while Elsa took on a leonine image via the lioness in the popular book and movie Born Free, but that's all but forgotten. Elsa has lots of varied and interesting human namesakes, including designer Schiaparelli, writer Morante, Bride of Frankenstein Lanchester (born Elizabeth). Read more about Elsa and other Disney Princess Names in our featured blog.
Elsa is also given to boys.
Pronounced EL-sah.
As of October 2026, Elsa ranked #1104 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #215 in 1895, Nameberry popularity #344.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #286 | 1,140 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #486 | 658 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #626 | 477 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #686 | 425 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #888 | 305 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #791 | 350 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #917 | 284 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #952 | 275 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #994 | 264 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,030 | 246 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #938 | 280 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,104 | 216 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Elsa on lists
Famous Elsas
- Elsa MaxwellGirl
American writer and socialite
- Elsa Sullivan LanchesterGirl
English character actress
- Elsa MartinelliGirl
Italian actress
- Elsa PerettiGirl
Italian jewelry designer
- Elsa BarkerGirl
American writer
- Elsa Pataky (born Elsa Lafuente Medianu)Girl
Spanish actress and model
- Elsa Anna Sofie HoskGirl
Swedish model who bears a striking resemblence to Disney's Elsa the Snow Queen
- Elsa von FreytagGirl
Loringhoven, German,American artist and poet
- Elsa SchiaparelliGirl
Italian fashion designer
- Elsa LunghiniGirl
French pop singer
- Elsa BenitezGirl
Mexican model
- Elsa Yur'evna Triolet (born Ella Kagan)Girl
Russian,French novelist
- Elsa EinsteinGirl
second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein
- Elsa Augusta Diehl (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of actors August Diehl and Julia Malik
- Elsa TorresGirl
daughter of Spanish football player Fernando Torres
Elsa in pop culture
- Elsa the Snow QueenGirl
monarch of Arendelle in Disney's "Frozen"
- Elsa BannisterGirl
main character in movie "The Lady from Shanghai"
- Elsa Schraeder ("the Baroness")Girl
character in "The Sound of Music"
- Elsa the LionessGirl
subject of book/movie "Born Free"
- Elsa Van HelsingGirl
character in Disney movie "Frankenweenie"
- Elsa FrankenteenGirl
Frankenstein's monster's daughter in the movie 'Scooby Doo & the Ghoul School'
- Elsa QuinnGirl
character in movie "My Zinc Bed"
- Elsa of BrabantGirl
main character in Wagner's opera "Lohengrin"
- Elsa CleegGirl
character on animated series "Kim Possible"
- Elsa de SicaGirl
character in manga/anime "Gunslinger Girl"
- Elsa ShiversGirl
character in movie "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
- Elsa MarsGirl
character in "American Horror Story: Freakshow"
- Dr. Elsa SchneiderGirl
love interest in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
- ElsaGirl
main character of Jacqueline Wilson's 'The Bed and Breakfast Kid'
- ElsaGirl
villain in children's TV show "Power Rangers: Dino Thunder"
- Elsa GardnerGirl
character in TV show "Atypical"
- Elsa LichtmannGirl
character in video game L.A. Noire
- Elsa RankfortGirl
character on the podcast "Voyage To The Stars"