Elissa
#1,116 most common girls' name of all time · #1,981 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among girls
#1,116
Rank overall
#1,981 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
18,033
Since 2016
1,614
Peak year
1979 #496
Best rank
#496 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 408/yr
Elissa first appears in 1914. 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 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,848 |
| 2024 | 140 | — | 140 | #1,529 |
| 2023 | 150 | — | 150 | #1,468 |
| 2022 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,415 |
| 2021 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,350 |
| 2020 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,345 |
| 2019 | 213 | — | 213 | #1,136 |
| 2018 | 183 | — | 183 | #1,265 |
| 2017 | 166 | — | 166 | #1,387 |
| 2016 | 166 | — | 166 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,394 |
| 2014 | 242 | — | 242 | #1,063 |
| 2013 | 235 | — | 235 | #1,057 |
| 2012 | 298 | — | 298 | #888 |
| 2011 | 224 | — | 224 | #1,099 |
| 2010 | 219 | — | 219 | #1,126 |
| 2009 | 206 | — | 206 | #1,211 |
| 2008 | 247 | — | 247 | #1,059 |
| 2007 | 224 | — | 224 | #1,145 |
| 2006 | 248 | — | 248 | #1,033 |
| 2005 | 274 | — | 274 | #910 |
| 2004 | 279 | — | 279 | #881 |
| 2003 | 284 | — | 284 | #851 |
| 2002 | 299 | — | 299 | #787 |
| 2001 | 302 | — | 302 | #784 |
| 2000 | 290 | — | 290 | #792 |
| 1999 | 305 | — | 305 | #737 |
| 1998 | 311 | — | 311 | #712 |
| 1997 | 300 | — | 300 | #718 |
| 1996 | 269 | — | 269 | #779 |
| 1995 | 290 | — | 290 | #714 |
| 1994 | 247 | — | 247 | #818 |
| 1993 | 272 | — | 272 | #760 |
| 1992 | 292 | — | 292 | #728 |
| 1991 | 300 | — | 300 | #705 |
| 1990 | 279 | — | 279 | #744 |
| 1989 | 339 | — | 339 | #624 |
| 1988 | 258 | — | 258 | #726 |
| 1987 | 302 | — | 302 | #633 |
| 1986 | 340 | — | 340 | #574 |
| 1985 | 302 | — | 302 | #623 |
| 1984 | 315 | — | 315 | #581 |
| 1983 | 348 | — | 348 | #539 |
| 1982 | 364 | — | 364 | #535 |
| 1981 | 352 | — | 352 | #535 |
| 1980 | 357 | — | 357 | #529 |
| 1979 | 408 | — | 408 | #496 |
| 1978 | 279 | — | 279 | #612 |
| 1977 | 271 | — | 271 | #618 |
| 1976 | 216 | — | 216 | #687 |
| 1975 | 216 | — | 216 | #692 |
| 1974 | 175 | — | 175 | #782 |
| 1973 | 226 | — | 226 | #660 |
| 1972 | 201 | — | 201 | #713 |
| 1971 | 215 | — | 215 | #711 |
| 1970 | 258 | — | 258 | #638 |
| 1969 | 177 | — | 177 | #761 |
| 1968 | 170 | — | 170 | #764 |
| 1967 | 155 | — | 155 | #804 |
| 1966 | 115 | — | 115 | #951 |
| 1965 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,026 |
| 1964 | 131 | — | 131 | #915 |
| 1963 | 165 | — | 165 | #809 |
| 1962 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,018 |
| 1961 | 119 | — | 119 | #994 |
| 1960 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,048 |
| 1959 | 122 | — | 122 | #955 |
| 1958 | 110 | — | 110 | #992 |
| 1957 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,077 |
| 1956 | 109 | — | 109 | #968 |
| 1955 | 144 | — | 144 | #806 |
| 1954 | 166 | — | 166 | #719 |
| 1953 | 167 | — | 167 | #710 |
| 1952 | 172 | — | 172 | #681 |
| 1951 | 113 | — | 113 | #845 |
| 1950 | 86 | — | 86 | #983 |
| 1949 | 119 | — | 119 | #795 |
| 1948 | 109 | — | 109 | #841 |
| 1947 | 88 | — | 88 | #949 |
| 1946 | 73 | — | 73 | #982 |
| 1945 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,058 |
| 1944 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,099 |
| 1943 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,004 |
| 1942 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,260 |
| 1941 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,161 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,261 |
| 1939 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,126 |
| 1938 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,156 |
| 1937 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,191 |
| 1936 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1935 | 61 | — | 61 | #890 |
| 1934 | 50 | — | 50 | #980 |
| 1933 | 54 | — | 54 | #935 |
| 1932 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,415 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,281 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,884 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,033 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,723 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,844 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,269 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,063 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,662 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,371 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,363 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,710 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,540 |