Elissa

#1,844 for girls in 2025, 108 births

Peak · girls
1979 · 408 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
18,033
since 1914

Elissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elissa has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #496, 1979girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,844108
2024#1,529140
2023#1,465150
2022#1,415160
2021#1,347164
2020#1,343164
2019#1,133213
2018#1,262183
2017#1,387166
2016#1,403166
2015#1,394169
2014#1,063242
2013#1,056235
2012#887298
2011#1,096224
2010#1,122219
2009#1,211206
2008#1,057247
2007#1,145224
2006#1,033248
2005#910274
2004#881279
2003#851284
2002#787299
2001#784302
2000#792290
1999#737305
1998#711311
1997#717300
1996#779269
1995#714290
1994#812247
1993#760272
1992#727292
1991#705300
1990#744279
1989#624339
1988#725258
1987#632302
1986#572340
1985#622302
1984#580315
1983#539348
1982#535364
1981#534352
1980#529357
1979#496408
1978#612279
1977#618271
1976#684216
1975#692216
1974#782175
1973#658226
1972#712201
1971#709215
1970#637258
1969#757177
1968#762170
1967#802155
1966#949115
1965#1,025103
1964#912131
1963#808165
1962#1,014112
1961#993119
1960#1,047105
1959#950122
1958#988110
1957#1,07294
1956#965109
1955#804144
1954#718166
1953#708167
1952#678172
1951#840113
1950#97886
1949#791119
1948#837109
1947#94288
1946#97973
1945#1,04855
1944#1,09051
1943#99663
1942#1,24941
1941#1,15142
1940#1,24235
1939#1,10242
1938#1,14040
1937#1,18037
1936#1,05344
1935#88461
1934#97350
1933#92354
1932#1,38229
1931#2,20514
1930#3,6587
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1924#4,4346
1923#3,6418
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1921#4,0237
1920#2,89911
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1918#2,51913
1917#4,0836
1916#2,24614
1915#3,4347
1914#3,1886
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Elissa! It came in at #3,188, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Elissa is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedNHWashington: #696 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,195 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedMNIllinois: #792 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,480 girlsILWisconsin: #710 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,099 girlsWIMichigan: #772 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,781 girlsMINew York: #946 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,174 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedIAIndiana: #865 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,661 girlsINOhio: #808 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,889 girlsOHPennsylvania: #724 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,806 girlsPANew Jersey: #816 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,965 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #739 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 4,974 girlsCAUtah: #614 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,409 girlsUTColorado: #701 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,013 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #446 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,675 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedWVVirginia: #824 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,921 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedDEArizona: #788 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,563 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #717 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,010 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,118 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,010 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elissa, so not publishedHITexas: #609 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 3,736 girlsTXFlorida: #557 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,514 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Missouri#446 · 1 in 2,675
  2. Florida#557 · 1 in 3,514
  3. Texas#609 · 1 in 3,736
  4. Utah#614 · 1 in 3,409
  5. Washington#696 · 1 in 4,195

Best ever in a state: #162 in North Dakota, 1979.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Missouri#446111 in 2,675
Florida#557221 in 3,514
Texas#609411 in 3,736
Utah#61451 in 3,409
Washington#69671 in 4,195
Colorado#70161 in 4,013
Wisconsin#71051 in 5,099
North Carolina#71791 in 5,010
Pennsylvania#724101 in 5,806
California#739451 in 4,974
Michigan#77291 in 5,781
Arizona#78871 in 4,563
Illinois#792131 in 5,480
Ohio#80891 in 6,889
New Jersey#81671 in 5,965
Virginia#82461 in 5,921
Indiana#86551 in 6,661
New York#946141 in 7,174
Georgia#1,11861 in 8,010
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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 Elissa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 315 spots since 2024 (#1,529 → #1,844)
  • 501 spots since 2020 (#1,343 → #1,844)
  • 450 spots since 2015 (#1,394 → #1,844)
  • Biggest jump: 459 spots in 1933 (#1,382 → #923)
  • Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1950 (#791 → #978)
Rise & fade · girls
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1979 at #496 (408 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 36 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1966–2005
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,934
  • Highest: 1 in 3,934 girls born in 1979 were named Elissa (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,882 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 18.2% of all girls named Elissa (3,277) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s46#2,246 (1916)#3,094
1920s37#2,899 (1920)#3,944
1930s378#884 (1935)#1,450
1940s676#791 (1949)#1,033
1950s1,283#678 (1952)#870
1960s1,352#757 (1969)#907
1970s2,465#496 (1979)#660
1980s3,277#529 (1980)#589
1990s2,865#705 (1991)#741
2000s2,653#784 (2001)#945
2010s2,115#887 (2012)#1,180
2020s886#1,343 (2020)#1,491

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.

Elissa in 2000

girls
#792
290 births · 1 in 6,262 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #792Elissa290
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 6,262 of them was named Elissa, which outranked 95.5% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elissa
  1. #789Kennedi291
  2. #789Presley291
  3. #789Yadira291
  4. #792Elissa290
  5. #792Nyah290
  6. #792Shaina290
  7. #795Reilly289
  8. #796Alize287
  9. #796Amara287

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

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →