Elis**
#9,795 most common girls' name of all time · #16,305 across all names · 47% male / 53% female · used 1911–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#9,795
Rank overall
#16,305 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
606
Since 2016
304
Peak year
2021 #6,723
Best rank
#5,988 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Elis first appears in 1911. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 11 | 27 | #6,872 |
| 2024 | 16 | 15 | 31 | #6,958 |
| 2023 | 20 | 15 | 35 | #5,988 |
| 2022 | 20 | 15 | 35 | #6,010 |
| 2021 | 17 | 18 | 35 | #6,723 |
| 2020 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #7,597 |
| 2019 | 18 | 14 | 32 | #6,446 |
| 2018 | 17 | 16 | 33 | #6,819 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #8,827 |
| 2016 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #8,434 |
| 2015 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #10,941 |
| 2014 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #10,189 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #14,681 |
| 2012 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,090 |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #12,357 |
| 2009 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,415 |
| 2008 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,653 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,776 |
| 2006 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #11,483 |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,618 |
| 2004 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,707 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,403 |
| 2002 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,283 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,513 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,163 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,277 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #10,298 |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,898 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,842 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,693 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,283 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1915 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | — |