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
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 803 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,245since 1913
Elyse over time
Rank among girls' names. Elyse has never cracked the top 300 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 | #918 | 286 | — | |
| 2024 | #750 | 376 | — | |
| 2023 | #812 | 344 | — | |
| 2022 | #815 | 344 | — | |
| 2021 | #868 | 314 | — | |
| 2020 | #718 | 388 | — | |
| 2019 | #733 | 385 | — | |
| 2018 | #687 | 422 | — | |
| 2017 | #682 | 429 | — | |
| 2016 | #694 | 418 | — | |
| 2015 | #653 | 440 | — | |
| 2014 | #609 | 477 | — | |
| 2013 | #580 | 495 | — | |
| 2012 | #530 | 571 | — | |
| 2011 | #598 | 479 | — | |
| 2010 | #640 | 461 | — | |
| 2009 | #649 | 455 | — | |
| 2008 | #699 | 432 | — | |
| 2007 | #749 | 389 | — | |
| 2006 | #678 | 419 | — | |
| 2005 | #706 | 386 | — | |
| 2004 | #725 | 368 | — | |
| 2003 | #732 | 349 | — | |
| 2002 | #767 | 314 | — | |
| 2001 | #808 | 292 | — | |
| 2000 | #815 | 278 | — | |
| 1999 | #806 | 270 | — | |
| 1998 | #761 | 283 | — | |
| 1997 | #834 | 248 | — | |
| 1996 | #908 | 216 | — | |
| 1995 | #797 | 249 | — | |
| 1994 | #751 | 276 | — | |
| 1993 | #781 | 264 | — | |
| 1992 | #669 | 330 | — | |
| 1991 | #564 | 412 | — | |
| 1990 | #527 | 449 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #406 | 612 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #315 | 790 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #305 | 803 | — | |
| 1986 | #343 | 700 | — | |
| 1985 | #365 | 639 | — | |
| 1984 | #479 | 426 | — | |
| 1983 | #697 | 244 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,474 | 82 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,442 | 84 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,454 | 79 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,404 | 80 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,286 | 85 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,655 | 58 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,399 | 73 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,276 | 81 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,325 | 76 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,364 | 78 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,464 | 69 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,201 | 86 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,090 | 95 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,227 | 75 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,102 | 91 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,226 | 77 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,103 | 98 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,169 | 87 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,540 | 53 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,268 | 76 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,087 | 98 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,130 | 89 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,045 | 100 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,002 | 108 | — | |
| 1956 | #914 | 121 | — | |
| 1955 | #722 | 172 | — | |
| 1954 | #768 | 148 | — | |
| 1953 | #857 | 119 | — | |
| 1952 | #794 | 129 | — | |
| 1951 | #952 | 95 | — | |
| 1950 | #855 | 107 | — | |
| 1949 | #909 | 95 | — | |
| 1948 | #923 | 88 | — | |
| 1947 | #898 | 97 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,078 | 62 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,048 | 55 | — | |
| 1944 | #867 | 77 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,327 | 38 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
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| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
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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 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#158 · 1 in 944
- New Jersey#159 · 1 in 908
- Connecticut#159 · 1 in 912
- Arizona#162 · 1 in 873
- Pennsylvania#168 · 1 in 948
Best ever in a state: #115 in Nevada, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #158 | 38 | 1 in 944 |
| Connecticut | #159 | 20 | 1 in 912 |
| New Jersey | #159 | 48 | 1 in 908 |
| Arizona | #162 | 28 | 1 in 873 |
| Pennsylvania | #168 | 73 | 1 in 948 |
| Utah | #205 | 13 | 1 in 1,030 |
| New Hampshire | #210 | 5 | 1 in 1,267 |
| New York | #214 | 88 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Maine | #219 | 5 | 1 in 1,238 |
| Colorado | #229 | 16 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Illinois | #258 | 45 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Ohio | #259 | 39 | 1 in 1,736 |
| Michigan | #272 | 31 | 1 in 1,870 |
| Wisconsin | #306 | 13 | 1 in 2,227 |
| Minnesota | #311 | 12 | 1 in 2,249 |
| Indiana | #312 | 15 | 1 in 2,141 |
| Iowa | #323 | 7 | 1 in 2,233 |
| California | #336 | 113 | 1 in 1,904 |
| Oregon | #340 | 7 | 1 in 2,188 |
| Georgia | #356 | 16 | 1 in 2,450 |
| Florida | #364 | 28 | 1 in 2,479 |
| Missouri | #370 | 11 | 1 in 2,840 |
| Washington | #385 | 11 | 1 in 2,471 |
| Virginia | #394 | 12 | 1 in 2,895 |
| South Carolina | #445 | 6 | 1 in 3,028 |
| Mississippi | #451 | 5 | 1 in 2,660 |
| Louisiana | #494 | 8 | 1 in 3,289 |
| Oklahoma | #496 | 5 | 1 in 3,584 |
| Texas | #579 | 30 | 1 in 4,296 |
| North Carolina | #609 | 7 | 1 in 5,323 |
| Tennessee | #628 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
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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 Elyse
- 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)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1987 at #305 (803 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1983–2025
- 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%)
- 21.5% of all girls named Elyse (4,577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,827 (1913) | #3,809 |
| 1920s | 71 | #2,768 (1928) | #3,909 |
| 1930s | 43 | #2,831 (1932) | #3,533 |
| 1940s | 546 | #867 (1944) | #1,556 |
| 1950s | 1,188 | #722 (1955) | #904 |
| 1960s | 836 | #1,087 (1960) | #1,201 |
| 1970s | 763 | #1,276 (1973) | #1,407 |
| 1980s | 4,454 | #305 (1987) | #740 |
| 1990s | 2,997 | #527 (1990) | #740 |
| 2000s | 3,682 | #649 (2009) | #733 |
| 2010s | 4,577 | #530 (2012) | #641 |
| 2020s | 2,052 | #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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,165 of them was named Elyse, which outranked 97.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.