UK girl's name
Elkie
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Elkie is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Elkie popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3015, with 8 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2021, with 13 births.
This profile covers 168 England and Wales registrations across 27 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 62% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 170 living people in the UK are called Elkie. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Elkie ranked #3015 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 8 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2021, when 13 girls were registered as Elkie.
- • Elkie ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #802 in 2010.
- • About 170 living people in the UK are estimated to have Elkie as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3015
2024
Births in 2024
8
Latest year
Peak year
2021
13 births
Estimated living
170
2026
Popularity
Elkie over time
The chart below shows babies named Elkie registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Elkie, the clearest high point is 2021. The latest England and Wales figure is 8 births in 2024, compared with 13 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Elkie by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Elkie was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3280 | 38 | 5 |
| 2010s | #3596 | 66 | 10 |
| 2000s | #3222 | 52 | 9 |
| 1990s | #3354 | 12 | 3 |
Geography
Where Elkie is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Elkie. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Elkie ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #802 in 2010.
Across the UK
Elkie in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#802 in 2010
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Elkie
- Emily 121,621
- Ella 69,101
- Ellie 63,522
- Evie 52,944
- Emma 50,755
- Eleanor 40,576
- Elizabeth 39,225
- Erin 34,816
- Eva 29,738
- Evelyn 26,911
- Elsie 23,671
- Emilia 22,167
FAQ
Elkie: questions and answers
How popular is the name Elkie in the UK right now?
In 2024, Elkie was ranked #3015 for girls in England and Wales, with 8 births registered.
When was Elkie most popular?
The peak year on record was 2021, with 13 babies registered as Elkie in England and Wales.
How many people are called Elkie in the UK?
A total of 168 babies have been registered as Elkie across the 27 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Elkie most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Elkie ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #802 in 2010. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.