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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

ElsaIn Hebrew: אלזה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Elsa (Hebrew: אלזה) is a girl's name of international origin. 363 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 2012, with 12 babies.

People in Israel
363
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
2012
12 babies
USA, 2025
216
rank #1,104

Writing and saying Elsa

In Hebrew letters the name is אלזה, read right to left. Elsa is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Elsa by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Elsa: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Elsa in English-speaking countries

Elsa in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025216#1,1042014 (1,140)
United Kingdom202562#6672014 (580)
England and Wales202554#6842014 (537)
Scotland20258#3872014 (31)
Ireland20255#5902014 (37)
Alberta20258#5522014 (30)
Quebec202514#3632014 (77)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Elsa has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Elsa

How do you write Elsa in Hebrew?

Elsa is written אלזה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Elsa?

363 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אלזה: 363 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Elsa a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אלזה are women.

Is Elsa used outside Israel?

The name Elsa appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 216 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,104), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 62 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.