Elyssa
#1,970 most common girls' name of all time · #3,365 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1954–2025
Rank among girls
#1,970
Rank overall
#3,365 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
7,272
Since 2016
650
Peak year
2004 #891
Best rank
#802 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 273/yr
Elyssa first appears in 1954. 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 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,014 |
| 2024 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,246 |
| 2023 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,781 |
| 2022 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,979 |
| 2021 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2020 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,225 |
| 2019 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,548 |
| 2018 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,915 |
| 2017 | 97 | — | 97 | #2,024 |
| 2016 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,819 |
| 2015 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,926 |
| 2014 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,540 |
| 2013 | 134 | — | 134 | #1,609 |
| 2012 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,341 |
| 2011 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,325 |
| 2010 | 188 | — | 188 | #1,270 |
| 2009 | 206 | — | 206 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 193 | — | 193 | #1,291 |
| 2007 | 246 | — | 246 | #1,066 |
| 2006 | 248 | — | 248 | #1,034 |
| 2005 | 246 | — | 246 | #992 |
| 2004 | 273 | — | 273 | #891 |
| 2003 | 257 | — | 257 | #921 |
| 2002 | 253 | — | 253 | #890 |
| 2001 | 244 | — | 244 | #921 |
| 2000 | 252 | — | 252 | #877 |
| 1999 | 246 | — | 246 | #874 |
| 1998 | 265 | — | 265 | #802 |
| 1997 | 244 | — | 244 | #844 |
| 1996 | 232 | — | 232 | #860 |
| 1995 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,005 |
| 1994 | 189 | — | 189 | #981 |
| 1993 | 189 | — | 189 | #982 |
| 1992 | 163 | — | 163 | #1,101 |
| 1991 | 191 | — | 191 | #986 |
| 1990 | 188 | — | 188 | #986 |
| 1989 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,041 |
| 1988 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,097 |
| 1987 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,254 |
| 1986 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,615 |
| 1985 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,545 |
| 1984 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,324 |
| 1983 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1982 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,398 |
| 1981 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,925 |
| 1980 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,269 |
| 1979 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,990 |
| 1978 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,880 |
| 1977 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,291 |
| 1976 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,362 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,863 |
| 1974 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,892 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,484 |
| 1972 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,353 |
| 1971 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,382 |
| 1970 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,825 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,179 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,739 |
| 1967 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,949 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,166 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,664 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,582 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,489 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,570 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,356 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,731 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,304 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,705 |