Elisa
#458 for girls in 2025, 674 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1981 · 775 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 47,661since 1880
Elisa over time
Rank among girls' names. Elisa has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #458 | 674 | — | |
| 2024 | #433 | 714 | — | |
| 2023 | #419 | 731 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #408 | 772 | — | |
| 2021 | #420 | 750 | — | |
| 2020 | #511 | 595 | — | |
| 2019 | #441 | 711 | — | |
| 2018 | #456 | 691 | — | |
| 2017 | #506 | 617 | — | |
| 2016 | #490 | 634 | — | |
| 2015 | #489 | 656 | — | |
| 2014 | #505 | 619 | — | |
| 2013 | #467 | 657 | — | |
| 2012 | #368 | 849 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #536 | 543 | — | |
| 2010 | #497 | 602 | — | |
| 2009 | #633 | 472 | — | |
| 2008 | #626 | 492 | — | |
| 2007 | #551 | 555 | — | |
| 2006 | #546 | 542 | — | |
| 2005 | #533 | 541 | — | |
| 2004 | #496 | 594 | — | |
| 2003 | #517 | 552 | — | |
| 2002 | #496 | 559 | — | |
| 2001 | #495 | 557 | — | |
| 2000 | #520 | 509 | — | |
| 1999 | #513 | 497 | — | |
| 1998 | #471 | 547 | — | |
| 1997 | #452 | 562 | — | |
| 1996 | #440 | 577 | — | |
| 1995 | #462 | 546 | — | |
| 1994 | #476 | 523 | — | |
| 1993 | #452 | 555 | — | |
| 1992 | #457 | 541 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #412 | 620 | — | |
| 1990 | #422 | 601 | — | |
| 1989 | #389 | 640 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #399 | 603 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #374 | 624 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #357 | 668 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #346 | 677 | — | |
| 1984 | #358 | 645 | — | |
| 1983 | #340 | 678 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #335 | 716 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #311 | 775 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #339 | 713 | — | |
| 1979 | #323 | 728 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #365 | 585 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #379 | 556 | — | |
| 1976 | #383 | 537 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #407 | 495 | — | |
| 1974 | #378 | 562 | — | |
| 1973 | #364 | 585 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #361 | 607 | — | |
| 1971 | #359 | 678 | — | |
| 1970 | #359 | 687 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #358 | 647 | — | |
| 1968 | #346 | 652 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #356 | 634 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #342 | 680 | — | |
| 1965 | #367 | 617 | — | |
| 1964 | #378 | 643 | — | |
| 1963 | #356 | 716 | — | |
| 1962 | #417 | 551 | — | |
| 1961 | #420 | 542 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #432 | 514 | — | |
| 1959 | #456 | 450 | — | |
| 1958 | #488 | 383 | — | |
| 1957 | #526 | 329 | — | |
| 1956 | #550 | 288 | — | |
| 1955 | #527 | 302 | — | |
| 1954 | #582 | 241 | — | |
| 1953 | #533 | 261 | — | |
| 1952 | #650 | 188 | — | |
| 1951 | #683 | 163 | — | |
| 1950 | #814 | 115 | — | |
| 1949 | #729 | 135 | — | |
| 1948 | #734 | 132 | — | |
| 1947 | #825 | 113 | — | |
| 1946 | #776 | 112 | — | |
| 1945 | #790 | 90 | — | |
| 1944 | #727 | 108 | — | |
| 1943 | #718 | 115 | — | |
| 1942 | #844 | 82 | — | |
| 1941 | #845 | 74 | — | |
| 1940 | #772 | 83 | — | |
| 1939 | #797 | 74 | — | |
| 1938 | #707 | 94 | — | |
| 1937 | #704 | 94 | — | |
| 1936 | #622 | 112 | — | |
| 1935 | #646 | 102 | — | |
| 1934 | #617 | 115 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #656 | 100 | — | |
| 1932 | #602 | 119 | — | |
| 1931 | #613 | 117 | — | |
| 1930 | #611 | 129 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #638 | 118 | — | |
| 1928 | #567 | 155 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #687 | 111 | — | |
| 1926 | #666 | 118 | — | |
| 1925 | #715 | 106 | — | |
| 1924 | #676 | 121 | — | |
| 1923 | #741 | 97 | — | |
| 1922 | #717 | 103 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #737 | 98 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #718 | 102 | — | |
| 1919 | #771 | 83 | — | |
| 1918 | #876 | 67 | — | |
| 1917 | #792 | 76 | — | |
| 1916 | #775 | 78 | — | |
| 1915 | #839 | 60 | — | |
| 1914 | #777 | 55 | — | |
| 1913 | #830 | 40 | — | |
| 1912 | #795 | 39 | — | |
| 1911 | #811 | 28 | — | |
| 1910 | #723 | 34 | — | |
| 1909 | #691 | 33 | — | |
| 1908 | #742 | 27 | — | |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 | — | |
| 1906 | #716 | 26 | — | |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | — | |
| 1904 | #710 | 24 | — | |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | — | |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 | — | |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | — | |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 | — | |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 | — | |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 | — | |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elisa was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Elisa is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#172 · 1 in 694
- Texas#215 · 1 in 1,056
- California#291 · 1 in 2,166
- New York#475 · 1 in 8,190
Best ever in a state: #68 in Arizona, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #172 | 7 | 1 in 694 |
| Texas | #215 | 52 | 1 in 1,056 |
| California | #291 | 17 | 1 in 2,166 |
| New York | #475 | 10 | 1 in 8,190 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Elisa
- 25 spots since 2024 (#433 → #458)
- 53 spots since 2020 (#511 → #458)
- 31 spots since 2015 (#489 → #458)
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1900 (#1,099 → #803)
- Biggest drop: 258 spots in 1905 (#710 → #968)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1981 at #311 (775 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1903–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,074 girls born in 2012 were named Elisa (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,385 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #311 in 1981, was only 1 in 2,152 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 14.1% of all girls named Elisa (6,739) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | #560 (1887) | #707 |
| 1890s | 128 | #706 (1892) | #878 |
| 1900s | 219 | #691 (1909) | #802 |
| 1910s | 560 | #723 (1910) | #799 |
| 1920s | 1,129 | #567 (1928) | #686 |
| 1930s | 1,056 | #602 (1932) | #658 |
| 1940s | 1,044 | #718 (1943) | #776 |
| 1950s | 2,720 | #456 (1959) | #581 |
| 1960s | 6,196 | #342 (1966) | #377 |
| 1970s | 6,020 | #323 (1979) | #368 |
| 1980s | 6,739 | #311 (1981) | #355 |
| 1990s | 5,569 | #412 (1991) | #456 |
| 2000s | 5,373 | #495 (2001) | #541 |
| 2010s | 6,579 | #368 (2012) | #476 |
| 2020s | 4,236 | #408 (2022) | #442 |
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.
Elisa in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 9,289 of them was named Elisa, which outranked 87.2% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #619Ursula114
- #620Ava113
- #620Madelyn113
- #622Elisa112
- #622Birdie112
- #622Darleen112
- #622Maryellen112
- #627Berniece111
- #627Emogene111
- #627Janelle111
Tied with 4 names at #622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.