Elise

#223 for girls in 2025, 1,367 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2012 · 2,121 births
Debut · girls
24 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
75,186
since 1880

Elise over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elise has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #152, 2012girls
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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#2231,367—
2024#2511,270—
2023#2731,146—
2022#2601,204—
2021#2421,254—
2020#2121,364—
2019#2071,472—
2018#1761,670—
2017#1771,716#12,2465
2016#1681,915—
2015#1741,845—
2014#1681,967#12,1085
2013#1592,017—
2012#1522,121#12,2745
2011#1621,934—
2010#1961,588—
2009#2101,526#12,4915
2008#2181,549—
2007#2241,559—
2006#2181,566—
2005#2281,496—
2004#2261,510—
2003#2321,419—
2002#2381,336—
2001#2361,337—
2000#2541,278—
1999#2711,157—
1998#2931,026—
1997#2781,046—
1996#305935—
1995#335788—
1994#333802—
1993#284978—
1992#298939—
1991#290970—
1990#2651,071—
1989#2531,065#4,81110
1988#2401,095#5,7517
1987#2351,143—
1986#2481,043—
1985#270933#4,3339
1984#312760—
1983#394556—
1982#477437—
1981#512387—
1980#556334—
1979#605296—
1978#602283—
1977#645255—
1976#632244—
1975#660230—
1974#675221—
1973#564292—
1972#613256—
1971#569308—
1970#557331—
1969#543329—
1968#522341—
1967#517337—
1966#492362—
1965#491374—
1964#470427—
1963#503374—
1962#505367—
1961#480403—
1960#500374—
1959#472421—
1958#480392—
1957#501358—
1956#470394—
1955#443409—
1954#436404—
1953#456352—
1952#483303—
1951#482291—
1950#613187—
1949#640169—
1948#645166—
1947#615185—
1946#702132—
1945#698113—
1944#631134—
1943#678125—
1942#725106—
1941#639123—
1940#645116—
1939#621118—
1938#666107—
1937#620119—
1936#611116—
1935#545139—
1934#68096—
1933#585121—
1932#578129—
1931#546147—
1930#583137—
1929#529164#3,9595
1928#579149—
1927#568157—
1926#565159#4,2015
1925#577155—
1924#497199—
1923#490200#4,2395
1922#484202—
1921#469216—
1920#470208—
1919#427234—
1918#462209—
1917#443210#3,9815
1916#451198—
1915#451186—
1914#431157—
1913#410144—
1912#384143—
1911#46777—
1910#51962—
1909#47363—
1908#43070—
1907#43467—
1906#45855—
1905#45854—
1904#42159—
1903#43553—
1902#43451—
1901#43247—
1900#38176—
1899#42148—
1898#39660—
1897#41450—
1896#42446—
1895#39750—
1894#42243—
1893#37951—
1892#41940—
1891#37744—
1890#44633—
1889#37142—
1888#43133—
1887#37832—
1886#37832—
1885#41325—
1884#37728—
1883#35426—
1882#32629—
1881#34622—
1880#32624—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elise was already there! It came in at #326, and was given to 24 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1888, when fewer than 34 girls a year got the name.

Where Elise is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Elise
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#251 → #223)
  • 11 spots since 2020 (#212 → #223)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#174 → #223)
  • Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1935 (#680 → #545)
  • Biggest drop: 111 spots in 1974 (#564 → #675)
Rise & fade · girls
132 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2012 at #152 (2,121 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 830
  • Highest: 1 in 830 girls born in 2012 were named Elise (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,176 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 24.3% of all girls named Elise (18,245) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s293#326 (1882)#370
1890s465#377 (1891)#410
1900s595#381 (1900)#436
1910s1,620#384 (1912)#445
1920s1,809#469 (1921)#523
1930s1,229#545 (1935)#604
1940s1,369#615 (1947)#662
1950s3,511#436 (1954)#484
1960s3,688#470 (1964)#502
1970s2,716#557 (1970)#612
1980s7,753#235 (1987)#350
1990s9,712#265 (1990)#295
2000s14,576#210 (2009)#228
2010s18,245#152 (2012)#174
2020s7,605#212 (2020)#244

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.

Elise in 1909

girls
#473
63 births · 1 in 5,512 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #473Elise63
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 5,512 of them was named Elise, which outranked 81.4% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elise
  1. #468Estell64
  2. #468Marietta64
  3. #468Rhea64
  4. #473Elise63
  5. #473Magdalene63
  6. #473Myrtie63
  7. #473Stephanie63
  8. #477Glenna62
  9. #477Zelda62
  10. #479Almeda61

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

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →