Meaning not yet researched.
Elisa: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 674 in 2025. Its best rank was #311 in 1981.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #311 in 1981; #458 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elisa in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#458 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1981, at #311.
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Elisa: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 674 girls in 2025. Peak: #311 in 1981 · most girls in one year: 849 (2012).
In 2025, 674 US girls were named Elisa, making it the 458th most common girls’ name of the year, down 25 places from #433 in 2024. That is 40 fewer than the 714 girls named Elisa in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #311, reached in 1981. The most girls given the name in a single year was 849, in 2012. For comparison, it was #489 in 2015 and #814 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elisa in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 47,804 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 6,797 babies named Elisa.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,889 US girls were named Elisa; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 772. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,385 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elisa ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #208 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lisa (970,012 babies since 1880), Elise (75,252 babies since 1880), Eliza (70,771 babies since 1880) and Alisa (34,727 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Elisia, Ellissa and Ilissa are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lisa.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Catalan, Dutch, Italian, Phoenician and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elisia (2,014), Ellissa (492), Ilissa (249), Ellysa (184), Elouisa (31), Eleesa (23), Ilysa (18), Elessa (7), Eleasa (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 33 | #208 | #287 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | #237 | #456 |
| Florida | 66 | #285 | #357 |
| California | 111 | #293 | #235 |
| Texas | 112 | #305 | #456 |
| Washington | 23 | #321 | #566 |
| Colorado | 19 | #324 | #635 |
| Nevada | 8 | #347 | #475 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #353 | #283 |
| Kansas | 8 | #415 | #480 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #439 | #525 |
| Maryland | 12 | #441 | #429 |
| New York | 36 | #475 | #431 |
| Alabama | 10 | #493 | #727 |
| Virginia | 15 | #526 | #635 |
| North Carolina | 20 | #545 | #843 |
| New Jersey | 13 | #591 | #291 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #616 | #701 |
| Georgia | 17 | #625 | #702 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #625 | #685 |
| Utah | 6 | #633 | #748 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #637 | — |
| Michigan | 12 | #650 | #846 |
| Illinois | 14 | #681 | #465 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #697 | #1,146 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #725 | #888 |
| Missouri | 7 | #756 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #810 | — |
| Ohio | 11 | #824 | #1,199 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 674 | #458 | — | — |
| 2024 | 714 | #433 | — | — |
| 2023 | 731 | #419 | 6 | #11,231 |
| 2022 | 772 | #408 | — | — |
| 2021 | 750 | #421 | — | — |
| 2020 | 595 | #511 | — | — |
| 2019 | 711 | #441 | — | — |
| 2018 | 691 | #456 | — | — |
| 2017 | 617 | #508 | — | — |
| 2016 | 634 | #490 | — | — |
| 2015 | 656 | #489 | — | — |
| 2014 | 619 | #505 | — | — |
| 2013 | 657 | #467 | — | — |
| 2012 | 849 | #368 | 5 | #12,828 |
| 2011 | 543 | #536 | — | — |
| 2010 | 602 | #497 | — | — |
| 2009 | 472 | #633 | — | — |
| 2008 | 492 | #626 | — | — |
| 2007 | 555 | #551 | — | — |
| 2006 | 542 | #546 | — | — |
| 2005 | 541 | #533 | — | — |
| 2004 | 594 | #496 | — | — |
| 2003 | 552 | #517 | — | — |
| 2002 | 559 | #497 | — | — |
| 2001 | 557 | #495 | — | — |
| 2000 | 509 | #520 | — | — |
| 1999 | 497 | #513 | — | — |
| 1998 | 547 | #471 | — | — |
| 1997 | 562 | #452 | — | — |
| 1996 | 577 | #440 | — | — |
| 1995 | 546 | #462 | — | — |
| 1994 | 523 | #476 | — | — |
| 1993 | 555 | #452 | — | — |
| 1992 | 541 | #457 | 7 | #6,904 |
| 1991 | 620 | #412 | — | — |
| 1990 | 601 | #422 | — | — |
| 1989 | 640 | #389 | 6 | #7,259 |
| 1988 | 603 | #399 | 8 | #5,349 |
| 1987 | 624 | #374 | 12 | #3,798 |
| 1986 | 668 | #357 | 7 | #5,506 |
| 1985 | 677 | #346 | — | — |
| 1984 | 645 | #358 | — | — |
| 1983 | 678 | #340 | 6 | #5,689 |
| 1982 | 716 | #335 | 8 | #4,722 |
| 1981 | 775 | #311 | 11 | #3,677 |
| 1980 | 713 | #339 | — | — |
| 1979 | 728 | #323 | 5 | #6,338 |
| 1978 | 585 | #365 | 5 | #6,098 |
| 1977 | 556 | #379 | — | — |
| 1976 | 537 | #383 | 6 | #5,122 |
| 1975 | 495 | #407 | — | — |
| 1974 | 562 | #378 | — | — |
| 1973 | 585 | #364 | 5 | #5,322 |
| 1972 | 607 | #361 | — | — |
| 1971 | 678 | #359 | — | — |
| 1970 | 687 | #359 | 5 | #4,926 |
| 1969 | 647 | #358 | — | — |
| 1968 | 652 | #346 | 5 | #4,309 |
| 1967 | 634 | #356 | 5 | #4,134 |
| 1966 | 680 | #343 | — | — |
| 1965 | 617 | #367 | — | — |
| 1964 | 643 | #378 | — | — |
| 1963 | 716 | #356 | — | — |
| 1962 | 551 | #417 | — | — |
| 1961 | 542 | #420 | 5 | #4,239 |
| 1960 | 514 | #432 | — | — |
| 1959 | 450 | #456 | — | — |
| 1958 | 383 | #488 | — | — |
| 1957 | 329 | #526 | — | — |
| 1956 | 288 | #550 | — | — |
| 1955 | 302 | #527 | — | — |
| 1954 | 241 | #583 | — | — |
| 1953 | 261 | #533 | — | — |
| 1952 | 188 | #651 | — | — |
| 1951 | 163 | #683 | — | — |
| 1950 | 115 | #814 | — | — |
| 1949 | 135 | #731 | — | — |
| 1948 | 132 | #734 | — | — |
| 1947 | 113 | #826 | — | — |
| 1946 | 112 | #776 | — | — |
| 1945 | 90 | #794 | — | — |
| 1944 | 108 | #727 | — | — |
| 1943 | 115 | #719 | — | — |
| 1942 | 82 | #846 | — | — |
| 1941 | 74 | #846 | — | — |
| 1940 | 83 | #773 | — | — |
| 1939 | 74 | #799 | — | — |
| 1938 | 94 | #707 | — | — |
| 1937 | 94 | #705 | — | — |
| 1936 | 112 | #624 | — | — |
| 1935 | 102 | #648 | — | — |
| 1934 | 115 | #618 | 5 | #3,840 |
| 1933 | 100 | #656 | — | — |
| 1932 | 119 | #602 | — | — |
| 1931 | 117 | #615 | — | — |
| 1930 | 129 | #611 | 5 | #4,163 |
| 1929 | 118 | #638 | — | — |
| 1928 | 155 | #568 | 5 | #4,325 |
| 1927 | 111 | #690 | — | — |
| 1926 | 118 | #666 | — | — |
| 1925 | 106 | #716 | — | — |
| 1924 | 121 | #676 | — | — |
| 1923 | 97 | #743 | — | — |
| 1922 | 103 | #718 | 5 | #4,495 |
| 1921 | 98 | #738 | 6 | #4,000 |
| 1920 | 102 | #718 | — | — |
| 1919 | 83 | #774 | — | — |
| 1918 | 67 | #876 | — | — |
| 1917 | 76 | #793 | — | — |
| 1916 | 78 | #776 | — | — |
| 1915 | 60 | #840 | — | — |
| 1914 | 55 | #779 | — | — |
| 1913 | 40 | #832 | — | — |
| 1912 | 39 | #796 | — | — |
| 1911 | 28 | #812 | — | — |
| 1910 | 34 | #726 | — | — |
| 1909 | 33 | #694 | — | — |
| 1908 | 27 | #747 | — | — |
| 1907 | 28 | #713 | — | — |
| 1906 | 26 | #720 | — | — |
| 1905 | 15 | #978 | — | — |
| 1904 | 24 | #715 | — | — |
| 1903 | 16 | #870 | — | — |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,040 | — | — |
| 1901 | 17 | #804 | — | — |
| 1900 | 21 | #812 | — | — |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,126 | — | — |
| 1898 | 13 | #977 | — | — |
| 1897 | 17 | #769 | — | — |
| 1896 | 13 | #914 | — | — |
| 1895 | 13 | #905 | — | — |
| 1894 | 12 | #917 | — | — |
| 1893 | 10 | #974 | — | — |
| 1892 | 17 | #709 | — | — |
| 1891 | 11 | #854 | — | — |
| 1890 | 13 | #767 | — | — |
| 1889 | 11 | #815 | — | — |
| 1888 | 15 | #670 | — | — |
| 1887 | 16 | #567 | — | — |
| 1886 | 12 | #668 | — | — |
| 1885 | 8 | #806 | — | — |
| 1884 | 10 | #697 | — | — |
| 1883 | 8 | #714 | — | — |
| 1882 | 8 | #697 | — | — |
| 1880 | 5 | #858 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).