Elysa
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,523since 1950
Elysa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Elysa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 |
| 2012 | #4,601 | 31 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 |
| 2009 | #4,571 | 32 |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 |
| 2007 | #4,299 | 35 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 |
| 1999 | #2,896 | 46 |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 |
| 1995 | #3,422 | 32 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 |
| 1989 | #2,658 | 42 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five girls were named Elysa! It came in at #4,738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Elysa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Elysa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Elysa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,386 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #7,885)
- 84 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #7,885)
- 1,433 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1986 at #2,620 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 36,725
- Highest: 1 in 36,725 girls born in 2004 were named Elysa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,620 in 1986, was only 1 in 46,366 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 24.7% of all girls named Elysa (376) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 89 | #3,019 (1954) | #4,229 |
| 1960s | 118 | #2,632 (1967) | #4,217 |
| 1970s | 100 | #4,235 (1977) | #5,983 |
| 1980s | 250 | #2,620 (1986) | #3,792 |
| 1990s | 300 | #2,874 (1997) | #3,798 |
| 2000s | 376 | #3,009 (2001) | #3,867 |
| 2010s | 215 | #4,601 (2012) | #6,205 |
| 2020s | 75 | #7,250 (2021) | #8,316 |
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.
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