Elis
- #6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to girls 52.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 20 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 320since 1976
Elis over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1976
The first year at least five girls were named Elis! It came in at #8,156, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Elis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Elis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Elis
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 94 spots since 2024 (#6,932 → #6,838)
- 721 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #6,838)
- 4,028 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #6,838)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2023 at #5,960 (20 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 80,229
- Highest: 1 in 80,229 girls born in 2023 were named Elis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.4% of all girls named Elis (107) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2022
- Mostly boys until 2021, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 | #8,156 (1976) | #8,359 |
| 1980s | 12 | #8,778 (1987) | #9,728 |
| 1990s | 12 | #10,193 (1990) | #12,158 |
| 2000s | 74 | #9,379 (2009) | #13,005 |
| 2010s | 107 | #6,414 (2019) | #10,534 |
| 2020s | 103 | #5,960 (2023) | #6,661 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Elis ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: