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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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
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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 1975

  • 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: #364 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,207 girlsWAIdaho: #232 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,096 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #372 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,451 girlsMNIllinois: #413 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,787 girlsILWisconsin: #394 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,432 girlsWIMichigan: #588 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,571 girlsMINew York: #353 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 2,036 girlsNYMassachusetts: #464 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,197 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedRIOregon: #286 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,634 girlsORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedINOhio: #562 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,778 girlsOHPennsylvania: #429 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,614 girlsPANew Jersey: #356 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,117 girlsNJConnecticut: #357 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,304 girlsCTCalifornia: #235 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 1,236 girlsCAUtah: #343 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,058 girlsUTColorado: #300 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,578 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #443 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,641 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedVAMaryland: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,210 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedDEArizona: #218 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 948 girlsAZNew Mexico: #165 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 639 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #425 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,234 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #218 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 841 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedALGeorgia: #525 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,871 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elisa, so not publishedHITexas: #300 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 1,569 girlsTXFlorida: #471 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,180 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#165 · 1 in 639
  2. District of Columbia#218 · 1 in 841
  3. Arizona#218 · 1 in 948
  4. Idaho#232 · 1 in 1,096
  5. California#235 · 1 in 1,236

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#165121 in 639
Arizona#218161 in 948
District of Columbia#21871 in 841
Idaho#23251 in 1,096
California#2351121 in 1,236
Oregon#28681 in 1,634
Colorado#300101 in 1,578
Texas#300611 in 1,569
Utah#34361 in 2,058
Maryland#34581 in 2,210
New York#353501 in 2,036
New Jersey#356171 in 2,117
Connecticut#35761 in 2,304
Washington#36491 in 2,207
Minnesota#37271 in 3,451
Wisconsin#39481 in 3,432
Illinois#413251 in 2,787
North Carolina#425101 in 3,234
Pennsylvania#429181 in 3,614
Missouri#44381 in 3,641
Massachusetts#46471 in 4,197
Florida#471131 in 3,180
Georgia#52581 in 3,871
Ohio#562121 in 5,778
Michigan#588101 in 5,571
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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 1975

girls
#407
495 births · 1 in 2,945 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #407Elisa495
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 2,945 of them was named Elisa, which outranked 96.2% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisa
  1. #404Dianna501
  2. #404Jenna501
  3. #406Sherrie499
  4. #407Elisa495
  5. #407Yesenia495
  6. #409Marlene493
  7. #410Janine491
  8. #410Tabatha491

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

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →