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
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 2,121 births
- Debut · girls
- 24 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 75,186since 1880
Elise over time
Rank among girls' names. Elise has never cracked the top 100 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 | #223 | 1,367 | — | |
| 2024 | #251 | 1,270 | — | |
| 2023 | #273 | 1,146 | — | |
| 2022 | #260 | 1,204 | — | |
| 2021 | #242 | 1,254 | — | |
| 2020 | #212 | 1,364 | — | |
| 2019 | #207 | 1,472 | — | |
| 2018 | #176 | 1,670 | — | |
| 2017 | #177 | 1,716 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #168 | 1,915 | — | |
| 2015 | #174 | 1,845 | — | |
| 2014 | #168 | 1,967 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #159 | 2,017 | — | |
| 2012 | #152 | 2,121 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #162 | 1,934 | — | |
| 2010 | #196 | 1,588 | — | |
| 2009 | #210 | 1,526 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #218 | 1,549 | — | |
| 2007 | #224 | 1,559 | — | |
| 2006 | #218 | 1,566 | — | |
| 2005 | #228 | 1,496 | — | |
| 2004 | #226 | 1,510 | — | |
| 2003 | #232 | 1,419 | — | |
| 2002 | #238 | 1,336 | — | |
| 2001 | #236 | 1,337 | — | |
| 2000 | #254 | 1,278 | — | |
| 1999 | #271 | 1,157 | — | |
| 1998 | #293 | 1,026 | — | |
| 1997 | #278 | 1,046 | — | |
| 1996 | #305 | 935 | — | |
| 1995 | #335 | 788 | — | |
| 1994 | #333 | 802 | — | |
| 1993 | #284 | 978 | — | |
| 1992 | #298 | 939 | — | |
| 1991 | #290 | 970 | — | |
| 1990 | #265 | 1,071 | — | |
| 1989 | #253 | 1,065 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #240 | 1,095 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #235 | 1,143 | — | |
| 1986 | #248 | 1,043 | — | |
| 1985 | #270 | 933 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #312 | 760 | — | |
| 1983 | #394 | 556 | — | |
| 1982 | #477 | 437 | — | |
| 1981 | #512 | 387 | — | |
| 1980 | #556 | 334 | — | |
| 1979 | #605 | 296 | — | |
| 1978 | #602 | 283 | — | |
| 1977 | #645 | 255 | — | |
| 1976 | #632 | 244 | — | |
| 1975 | #660 | 230 | — | |
| 1974 | #675 | 221 | — | |
| 1973 | #564 | 292 | — | |
| 1972 | #613 | 256 | — | |
| 1971 | #569 | 308 | — | |
| 1970 | #557 | 331 | — | |
| 1969 | #543 | 329 | — | |
| 1968 | #522 | 341 | — | |
| 1967 | #517 | 337 | — | |
| 1966 | #492 | 362 | — | |
| 1965 | #491 | 374 | — | |
| 1964 | #470 | 427 | — | |
| 1963 | #503 | 374 | — | |
| 1962 | #505 | 367 | — | |
| 1961 | #480 | 403 | — | |
| 1960 | #500 | 374 | — | |
| 1959 | #472 | 421 | — | |
| 1958 | #480 | 392 | — | |
| 1957 | #501 | 358 | — | |
| 1956 | #470 | 394 | — | |
| 1955 | #443 | 409 | — | |
| 1954 | #436 | 404 | — | |
| 1953 | #456 | 352 | — | |
| 1952 | #483 | 303 | — | |
| 1951 | #482 | 291 | — | |
| 1950 | #613 | 187 | — | |
| 1949 | #640 | 169 | — | |
| 1948 | #645 | 166 | — | |
| 1947 | #615 | 185 | — | |
| 1946 | #702 | 132 | — | |
| 1945 | #698 | 113 | — | |
| 1944 | #631 | 134 | — | |
| 1943 | #678 | 125 | — | |
| 1942 | #725 | 106 | — | |
| 1941 | #639 | 123 | — | |
| 1940 | #645 | 116 | — | |
| 1939 | #621 | 118 | — | |
| 1938 | #666 | 107 | — | |
| 1937 | #620 | 119 | — | |
| 1936 | #611 | 116 | — | |
| 1935 | #545 | 139 | — | |
| 1934 | #680 | 96 | — | |
| 1933 | #585 | 121 | — | |
| 1932 | #578 | 129 | — | |
| 1931 | #546 | 147 | — | |
| 1930 | #583 | 137 | — | |
| 1929 | #529 | 164 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #579 | 149 | — | |
| 1927 | #568 | 157 | — | |
| 1926 | #565 | 159 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #577 | 155 | — | |
| 1924 | #497 | 199 | — | |
| 1923 | #490 | 200 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #484 | 202 | — | |
| 1921 | #469 | 216 | — | |
| 1920 | #470 | 208 | — | |
| 1919 | #427 | 234 | — | |
| 1918 | #462 | 209 | — | |
| 1917 | #443 | 210 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #451 | 198 | — | |
| 1915 | #451 | 186 | — | |
| 1914 | #431 | 157 | — | |
| 1913 | #410 | 144 | — | |
| 1912 | #384 | 143 | — | |
| 1911 | #467 | 77 | — | |
| 1910 | #519 | 62 | — | |
| 1909 | #473 | 63 | — | |
| 1908 | #430 | 70 | — | |
| 1907 | #434 | 67 | — | |
| 1906 | #458 | 55 | — | |
| 1905 | #458 | 54 | — | |
| 1904 | #421 | 59 | — | |
| 1903 | #435 | 53 | — | |
| 1902 | #434 | 51 | — | |
| 1901 | #432 | 47 | — | |
| 1900 | #381 | 76 | — | |
| 1899 | #421 | 48 | — | |
| 1898 | #396 | 60 | — | |
| 1897 | #414 | 50 | — | |
| 1896 | #424 | 46 | — | |
| 1895 | #397 | 50 | — | |
| 1894 | #422 | 43 | — | |
| 1893 | #379 | 51 | — | |
| 1892 | #419 | 40 | — | |
| 1891 | #377 | 44 | — | |
| 1890 | #446 | 33 | — | |
| 1889 | #371 | 42 | — | |
| 1888 | #431 | 33 | — | |
| 1887 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1886 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1885 | #413 | 25 | — | |
| 1884 | #377 | 28 | — | |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | — | |
| 1882 | #326 | 29 | — | |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 | — | |
| 1880 | #326 | 24 | — | |
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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#49 · 1 in 196
- Maine#60 · 1 in 215
- Minnesota#66 · 1 in 325
- Hawaii#70 · 1 in 260
- Wisconsin#84 · 1 in 366
Best ever in a state: #49 in District of Columbia, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #49 | 14 | 1 in 196 |
| Maine | #60 | 17 | 1 in 215 |
| Minnesota | #66 | 74 | 1 in 325 |
| Hawaii | #70 | 13 | 1 in 260 |
| Wisconsin | #84 | 63 | 1 in 366 |
| Colorado | #90 | 53 | 1 in 423 |
| Michigan | #94 | 89 | 1 in 463 |
| Washington | #102 | 68 | 1 in 448 |
| Rhode Island | #103 | 9 | 1 in 331 |
| District of Columbia | #111 | 10 | 1 in 319 |
| Louisiana | #114 | 40 | 1 in 493 |
| Iowa | #115 | 28 | 1 in 448 |
| Utah | #115 | 37 | 1 in 484 |
| North Dakota | #118 | 8 | 1 in 352 |
| Massachusetts | #120 | 51 | 1 in 499 |
| Idaho | #125 | 14 | 1 in 455 |
| Indiana | #125 | 56 | 1 in 536 |
| Virginia | #125 | 67 | 1 in 543 |
| Illinois | #127 | 101 | 1 in 582 |
| New Hampshire | #129 | 9 | 1 in 413 |
| Oregon | #141 | 26 | 1 in 571 |
| Ohio | #142 | 83 | 1 in 621 |
| Connecticut | #147 | 21 | 1 in 557 |
| Arizona | #153 | 46 | 1 in 673 |
| Delaware | #158 | 6 | 1 in 443 |
| California | #160 | 259 | 1 in 807 |
| Georgia | #160 | 64 | 1 in 739 |
| Nebraska | #166 | 14 | 1 in 554 |
| Florida | #167 | 98 | 1 in 813 |
| Missouri | #167 | 38 | 1 in 708 |
| Pennsylvania | #168 | 72 | 1 in 733 |
| Tennessee | #176 | 37 | 1 in 807 |
| Texas | #178 | 181 | 1 in 875 |
| Kansas | #179 | 19 | 1 in 693 |
| New York | #186 | 101 | 1 in 914 |
| Maryland | #187 | 29 | 1 in 831 |
| South Carolina | #189 | 22 | 1 in 792 |
| North Carolina | #203 | 47 | 1 in 935 |
| Oklahoma | #222 | 19 | 1 in 868 |
| West Virginia | #222 | 8 | 1 in 826 |
| Nevada | #244 | 11 | 1 in 939 |
| Kentucky | #263 | 16 | 1 in 1,134 |
| Alabama | #264 | 17 | 1 in 1,086 |
| New Jersey | #265 | 30 | 1 in 1,217 |
| Arkansas | #277 | 11 | 1 in 1,036 |
| New Mexico | #291 | 7 | 1 in 1,012 |
| Mississippi | #385 | 7 | 1 in 1,519 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Elise
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2012 at #152 (2,121 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 830 girls born in 2012 were named Elise (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,176 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 24.3% of all girls named Elise (18,245) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 293 | #326 (1882) | #370 |
| 1890s | 465 | #377 (1891) | #410 |
| 1900s | 595 | #381 (1900) | #436 |
| 1910s | 1,620 | #384 (1912) | #445 |
| 1920s | 1,809 | #469 (1921) | #523 |
| 1930s | 1,229 | #545 (1935) | #604 |
| 1940s | 1,369 | #615 (1947) | #662 |
| 1950s | 3,511 | #436 (1954) | #484 |
| 1960s | 3,688 | #470 (1964) | #502 |
| 1970s | 2,716 | #557 (1970) | #612 |
| 1980s | 7,753 | #235 (1987) | #350 |
| 1990s | 9,712 | #265 (1990) | #295 |
| 2000s | 14,576 | #210 (2009) | #228 |
| 2010s | 18,245 | #152 (2012) | #174 |
| 2020s | 7,605 | #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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 830 of them was named Elise, which outranked 99.2% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 379,389 of them was named Elise, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,976 names at #12,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.