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

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Peak · girls
1981 · 775 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
47,661
since 1880

Elisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elisa has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #311, 1981girls
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.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#458674—
2024#433714—
2023#419731#10,8216
2022#408772—
2021#420750—
2020#511595—
2019#441711—
2018#456691—
2017#506617—
2016#490634—
2015#489656—
2014#505619—
2013#467657—
2012#368849#12,2745
2011#536543—
2010#497602—
2009#633472—
2008#626492—
2007#551555—
2006#546542—
2005#533541—
2004#496594—
2003#517552—
2002#496559—
2001#495557—
2000#520509—
1999#513497—
1998#471547—
1997#452562—
1996#440577—
1995#462546—
1994#476523—
1993#452555—
1992#457541#6,6707
1991#412620—
1990#422601—
1989#389640#6,9416
1988#399603#5,2008
1987#374624#3,73112
1986#357668#5,3327
1985#346677—
1984#358645—
1983#340678#5,4846
1982#335716#4,5938
1981#311775#3,60111
1980#339713—
1979#323728#6,0565
1978#365585#5,7725
1977#379556—
1976#383537#4,9356
1975#407495—
1974#378562—
1973#364585#5,1015
1972#361607—
1971#359678—
1970#359687#4,7245
1969#358647—
1968#346652#4,1365
1967#356634#3,9665
1966#342680—
1965#367617—
1964#378643—
1963#356716—
1962#417551—
1961#420542#4,0655
1960#432514—
1959#456450—
1958#488383—
1957#526329—
1956#550288—
1955#527302—
1954#582241—
1953#533261—
1952#650188—
1951#683163—
1950#814115—
1949#729135—
1948#734132—
1947#825113—
1946#776112—
1945#79090—
1944#727108—
1943#718115—
1942#84482—
1941#84574—
1940#77283—
1939#79774—
1938#70794—
1937#70494—
1936#622112—
1935#646102—
1934#617115#3,6795
1933#656100—
1932#602119—
1931#613117—
1930#611129#4,0015
1929#638118—
1928#567155#4,1515
1927#687111—
1926#666118—
1925#715106—
1924#676121—
1923#74197—
1922#717103#4,3075
1921#73798#3,8696
1920#718102—
1919#77183—
1918#87667—
1917#79276—
1916#77578—
1915#83960—
1914#77755—
1913#83040—
1912#79539—
1911#81128—
1910#72334—
1909#69133—
1908#74227—
1907#71028—
1906#71626—
1905#96815—
1904#71024—
1903#86216—
1902#1,02412—
1901#79517—
1900#80321—
1899#1,0999—
1898#96313—
1897#76117—
1896#90313—
1895#89313—
1894#90512—
1893#95510—
1892#70617—
1891#83911—
1890#75813—
1889#80211—
1888#66315—
1887#56016—
1886#65712—
1885#7938—
1884#68610—
1883#6928—
1882#6788—
1881——
1880#8365—
First appearance
1880

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 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #297 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,447 girlsMNIllinois: #333 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,315 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #445 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,595 girlsMINew York: #260 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 1,473 girlsNYMassachusetts: #274 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,252 girlsMARhode Island: #206 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,394 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedIAIndiana: #422 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,823 girlsINOhio: #627 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,518 girlsOHPennsylvania: #388 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,581 girlsPANew Jersey: #245 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,518 girlsNJConnecticut: #204 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,225 girlsCTCalifornia: #250 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 1,325 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedUTColorado: #427 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,032 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedMOKentucky: #339 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,759 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedVAMaryland: #298 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,103 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedDEArizona: #434 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,559 girlsAZNew Mexico: #346 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedARTennessee: #410 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,792 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #495 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,961 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #416 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,033 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #315 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,836 girlsDCOklahoma: #424 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,127 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedLAMississippi: #500 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,900 girlsMSAlabama: #378 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,761 girlsALGeorgia: #392 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,975 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedHITexas: #201 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 957 girlsTXFlorida: #320 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,042 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#201 · 1 in 957
  2. Connecticut#204 · 1 in 1,225
  3. Rhode Island#206 · 1 in 1,394
  4. New Jersey#245 · 1 in 1,518
  5. California#250 · 1 in 1,325

Best ever in a state: #68 in Arizona, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#201961 in 957
Connecticut#204181 in 1,225
Rhode Island#20651 in 1,394
New Jersey#245341 in 1,518
California#2501161 in 1,325
New York#260991 in 1,473
Massachusetts#274201 in 2,252
Minnesota#297121 in 2,447
Maryland#298131 in 2,103
District of Columbia#31561 in 1,836
Florida#320211 in 2,042
Illinois#333381 in 2,315
Kentucky#33991 in 2,759
New Mexico#34651 in 1,739
Alabama#378101 in 2,761
Pennsylvania#388251 in 3,581
Georgia#392131 in 2,975
Tennessee#41081 in 3,792
South Carolina#41671 in 3,033
Indiana#422111 in 3,823
Oklahoma#42451 in 3,127
Colorado#42751 in 3,032
Arizona#43451 in 2,559
Michigan#445161 in 4,595
North Carolina#49581 in 4,961
Mississippi#50051 in 3,900
Ohio#627101 in 8,518
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
101 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1981 at #311 (775 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 143 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1903–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,074
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 14.1% of all girls named Elisa (6,739) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s93#560 (1887)#707
1890s128#706 (1892)#878
1900s219#691 (1909)#802
1910s560#723 (1910)#799
1920s1,129#567 (1928)#686
1930s1,056#602 (1932)#658
1940s1,044#718 (1943)#776
1950s2,720#456 (1959)#581
1960s6,196#342 (1966)#377
1970s6,020#323 (1979)#368
1980s6,739#311 (1981)#355
1990s5,569#412 (1991)#456
2000s5,373#495 (2001)#541
2010s6,579#368 (2012)#476
2020s4,236#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 1966

girls
#342
680 births · 1 in 2,488 girls

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #342Elisa680
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 2,488 of them was named Elisa, which outranked 95.5% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisa
  1. #339Lorrie689
  2. #340Kerri684
  3. #341Jeannie681
  4. #342Elisa680
  5. #342Edna680
  6. #342Misty680
  7. #345Tonia679
  8. #346Trisha678
  9. #347Cara677

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1966 →