Elyse

#918 for girls in 2025, 286 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1987 · 803 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,245
since 1913

Elyse over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elyse has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #305, 1987girls
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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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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#918286—
2024#750376—
2023#812344—
2022#815344—
2021#868314—
2020#718388—
2019#733385—
2018#687422—
2017#682429—
2016#694418—
2015#653440—
2014#609477—
2013#580495—
2012#530571—
2011#598479—
2010#640461—
2009#649455—
2008#699432—
2007#749389—
2006#678419—
2005#706386—
2004#725368—
2003#732349—
2002#767314—
2001#808292—
2000#815278—
1999#806270—
1998#761283—
1997#834248—
1996#908216—
1995#797249—
1994#751276—
1993#781264—
1992#669330—
1991#564412—
1990#527449#8,1175
1989#406612#6,2297
1988#315790#5,7517
1987#305803—
1986#343700—
1985#365639—
1984#479426—
1983#697244—
1982#1,48980—
1981#1,52878—
1980#1,47482—
1979#1,44284—
1978#1,45479—
1977#1,40480—
1976#1,28685—
1975#1,65558—
1974#1,39973—
1973#1,27681—
1972#1,32576—
1971#1,36478—
1970#1,46469—
1969#1,20186—
1968#1,09095—
1967#1,22775—
1966#1,10291—
1965#1,22677—
1964#1,10398—
1963#1,16987—
1962#1,54053—
1961#1,26876—
1960#1,08798—
1959#1,13089—
1958#1,045100—
1957#1,002108—
1956#914121—
1955#722172—
1954#768148—
1953#857119—
1952#794129—
1951#95295—
1950#855107—
1949#90995—
1948#92388—
1947#89897—
1946#1,07862—
1945#1,04855—
1944#86777—
1943#1,32738—
1942#2,04618—
1941#3,2528—
1940#3,2088—
1939#3,4297—
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1932#2,83110—
1931#2,9729—
1930#4,0476—
1929#3,1379—
1928#2,76811—
1927#2,85911—
1926#3,5648—
1925#4,9735—
1924#2,80912—
1923#4,9675—
1922#5,0095—
1921#5,0995—
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1919#3,4528—
1918#4,8095—
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1913#2,8276—
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Elyse! It came in at #2,827, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Elyse is popular in 1913

No state had 5 or more girls named Elyse in 1913, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Elyse
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 168 spots since 2024 (#750 → #918)
  • 200 spots since 2020 (#718 → #918)
  • 265 spots since 2015 (#653 → #918)
  • Biggest jump: 792 spots in 1983 (#1,489 → #697)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1956 (#722 → #914)
Rise & fade · girls
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1987 at #305 (803 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1983–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,165
  • Highest: 1 in 2,165 girls born in 1987 were named Elyse (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,620 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 21.5% of all girls named Elyse (4,577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s36#2,827 (1913)#3,809
1920s71#2,768 (1928)#3,909
1930s43#2,831 (1932)#3,533
1940s546#867 (1944)#1,556
1950s1,188#722 (1955)#904
1960s836#1,087 (1960)#1,201
1970s763#1,276 (1973)#1,407
1980s4,454#305 (1987)#740
1990s2,997#527 (1990)#740
2000s3,682#649 (2009)#733
2010s4,577#530 (2012)#641
2020s2,052#718 (2020)#814

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.

Elyse in 1913

girls
#2,827
6 births · 1 in 104,091 girls

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #2,827Elyse6
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 104,091 of them was named Elyse, which outranked 23.7% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elyse
  1. #2,540Zenaida7
  2. #2,540Zenia7
  3. #2,540Zoa7
  4. #2,827Elyse6
  5. #2,827Adelma6
  6. #2,827Adria6
  7. #2,827Agapita6
  8. #3,187Adalyn5
  9. #3,187Adam5
  10. #3,187Adlee5

Tied with 359 names at #2,827; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dominga#1,844 → #881
  2. ↑ 931Stacia#1,844 → #913
  3. ↑ 576Olympia#1,477 → #901
  4. ↑ 559Lilah#1,540 → #981
  5. ↑ 445Elfrieda#1,297 → #852
Fallers
  1. ↓ 806Karen#960 → #1,766
  2. ↓ 572Erie#833 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 559Gertha#846 → #1,405
  4. ↓ 527Lossie#938 → #1,465
  5. ↓ 505Ardelia#960 → #1,465

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

See the top 100 for 1913 →