Meaning not yet researched.
Elise: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,367 in 2025. Its best rank was #152 in 2012.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #152 in 2012; #223 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Elise in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#223 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2012, at #152.
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Elise: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,367 girls in 2025. Peak: #152 in 2012 · most girls in one year: 2,121 (2012).
In 2025, 1,367 US girls were named Elise, making it the 223rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 28 places from #251 in 2024. That is 97 more than the 1,270 girls named Elise in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #152, reached in 2012. That year also had the most girls given the name: 2,121. For comparison, it was #174 in 2015 and #614 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elise in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 24 babies with the name. In all, 75,252 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 18,260 babies named Elise.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 14,378 US girls were named Elise; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,915. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,176 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elise ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #64 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Elisa (47,804 babies since 1880), Promise (6,838 babies since 1880), Lise (2,791 babies since 1880) and Elias (129,502 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ellyse, Elysse and Ellise are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ellyse (795), Elysse (778), Ellise (776), Elloise (634), Elese (511), Ilyse (385), Eilish (356), Eloyse (92), Ellese (79), Ilise (49), Melise (33), Elyze (21), and more.
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.
No nicknames listed for Elise in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 9 | #64 | — |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #124 | #116 |
| Nevada | 17 | #143 | #300 |
| Illinois | 66 | #150 | #130 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #156 | #132 |
| Washington | 45 | #159 | #130 |
| Louisiana | 25 | #163 | #133 |
| Kansas | 20 | #166 | #152 |
| Nebraska | 13 | #172 | #158 |
| Montana | 6 | #176 | #233 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #178 | #168 |
| Missouri | 34 | #179 | #147 |
| Maine | 6 | #180 | #142 |
| Colorado | 33 | #180 | #107 |
| Virginia | 44 | #187 | #129 |
| Utah | 24 | #193 | #115 |
| Idaho | 11 | #203 | #197 |
| Ohio | 55 | #207 | #146 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #209 | #193 |
| California | 158 | #211 | #175 |
| Michigan | 42 | #215 | #181 |
| Florida | 84 | #219 | #230 |
| New York | 74 | #233 | #207 |
| Arizona | 29 | #241 | #216 |
| Pennsylvania | 46 | #243 | #171 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #243 | #157 |
| Minnesota | 23 | #243 | #91 |
| Wisconsin | 22 | #247 | #105 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #249 | #228 |
| Iowa | 14 | #251 | #157 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #252 | #240 |
| Connecticut | 13 | #255 | #217 |
| Texas | 135 | #258 | #233 |
| Massachusetts | 22 | #266 | #118 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #266 | #224 |
| Oregon | 13 | #277 | #173 |
| Alabama | 17 | #286 | #284 |
| Tennessee | 27 | #288 | #275 |
| North Carolina | 36 | #305 | #216 |
| New Jersey | 27 | #306 | #271 |
| Georgia | 34 | #308 | #204 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #312 | — |
| Maryland | 17 | #313 | #133 |
| Indiana | 20 | #348 | #240 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #423 | #295 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #440 | #293 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,367 | #223 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,270 | #251 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,146 | #273 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,204 | #260 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,254 | #242 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,364 | #212 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,472 | #207 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,670 | #176 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,716 | #177 | 5 | #12,842 |
| 2016 | 1,915 | #168 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,845 | #174 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,967 | #168 | 5 | #12,616 |
| 2013 | 2,017 | #159 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,121 | #152 | 5 | #12,829 |
| 2011 | 1,934 | #162 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,588 | #196 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,526 | #210 | 5 | #13,036 |
| 2008 | 1,549 | #218 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,559 | #224 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,566 | #218 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,496 | #228 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,510 | #226 | — | — |
| 2003 | 1,419 | #232 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,336 | #238 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,337 | #236 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,278 | #254 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,157 | #272 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,026 | #293 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,046 | #278 | — | — |
| 1996 | 935 | #305 | — | — |
| 1995 | 788 | #335 | — | — |
| 1994 | 802 | #333 | — | — |
| 1993 | 978 | #284 | — | — |
| 1992 | 939 | #298 | — | — |
| 1991 | 970 | #290 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,071 | #265 | — | — |
| 1989 | 1,065 | #253 | 10 | #4,929 |
| 1988 | 1,095 | #240 | 7 | #5,959 |
| 1987 | 1,143 | #235 | — | — |
| 1986 | 1,043 | #248 | — | — |
| 1985 | 933 | #270 | 9 | #4,433 |
| 1984 | 760 | #312 | — | — |
| 1983 | 556 | #394 | — | — |
| 1982 | 437 | #477 | — | — |
| 1981 | 387 | #512 | — | — |
| 1980 | 334 | #557 | — | — |
| 1979 | 296 | #605 | — | — |
| 1978 | 283 | #605 | — | — |
| 1977 | 255 | #645 | — | — |
| 1976 | 244 | #633 | — | — |
| 1975 | 230 | #661 | — | — |
| 1974 | 221 | #675 | — | — |
| 1973 | 292 | #566 | — | — |
| 1972 | 256 | #614 | — | — |
| 1971 | 308 | #569 | — | — |
| 1970 | 331 | #557 | — | — |
| 1969 | 329 | #544 | — | — |
| 1968 | 341 | #522 | — | — |
| 1967 | 337 | #517 | — | — |
| 1966 | 362 | #492 | — | — |
| 1965 | 374 | #491 | — | — |
| 1964 | 427 | #470 | — | — |
| 1963 | 374 | #503 | — | — |
| 1962 | 367 | #505 | — | — |
| 1961 | 403 | #482 | — | — |
| 1960 | 374 | #502 | — | — |
| 1959 | 421 | #472 | — | — |
| 1958 | 392 | #480 | — | — |
| 1957 | 358 | #501 | — | — |
| 1956 | 394 | #470 | — | — |
| 1955 | 409 | #443 | — | — |
| 1954 | 404 | #436 | — | — |
| 1953 | 352 | #456 | — | — |
| 1952 | 303 | #483 | — | — |
| 1951 | 291 | #482 | — | — |
| 1950 | 187 | #614 | — | — |
| 1949 | 169 | #640 | — | — |
| 1948 | 166 | #646 | — | — |
| 1947 | 185 | #615 | — | — |
| 1946 | 132 | #702 | — | — |
| 1945 | 113 | #698 | — | — |
| 1944 | 134 | #632 | — | — |
| 1943 | 125 | #679 | — | — |
| 1942 | 106 | #727 | — | — |
| 1941 | 123 | #641 | — | — |
| 1940 | 116 | #647 | — | — |
| 1939 | 118 | #622 | — | — |
| 1938 | 107 | #667 | — | — |
| 1937 | 119 | #623 | — | — |
| 1936 | 116 | #612 | — | — |
| 1935 | 139 | #547 | — | — |
| 1934 | 96 | #681 | — | — |
| 1933 | 121 | #585 | — | — |
| 1932 | 129 | #579 | — | — |
| 1931 | 147 | #546 | — | — |
| 1930 | 137 | #585 | — | — |
| 1929 | 164 | #529 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 1928 | 149 | #579 | — | — |
| 1927 | 157 | #569 | — | — |
| 1926 | 159 | #565 | 5 | #4,396 |
| 1925 | 155 | #577 | — | — |
| 1924 | 199 | #499 | — | — |
| 1923 | 200 | #490 | 5 | #4,411 |
| 1922 | 202 | #484 | — | — |
| 1921 | 216 | #469 | — | — |
| 1920 | 208 | #470 | — | — |
| 1919 | 234 | #428 | — | — |
| 1918 | 209 | #463 | — | — |
| 1917 | 210 | #443 | 5 | #4,157 |
| 1916 | 198 | #452 | — | — |
| 1915 | 186 | #451 | — | — |
| 1914 | 157 | #432 | — | — |
| 1913 | 144 | #410 | — | — |
| 1912 | 143 | #385 | — | — |
| 1911 | 77 | #470 | — | — |
| 1910 | 62 | #519 | — | — |
| 1909 | 63 | #473 | — | — |
| 1908 | 70 | #431 | — | — |
| 1907 | 67 | #436 | — | — |
| 1906 | 55 | #460 | — | — |
| 1905 | 54 | #459 | — | — |
| 1904 | 59 | #423 | — | — |
| 1903 | 53 | #438 | — | — |
| 1902 | 51 | #436 | — | — |
| 1901 | 47 | #433 | — | — |
| 1900 | 76 | #382 | — | — |
| 1899 | 48 | #421 | — | — |
| 1898 | 60 | #396 | — | — |
| 1897 | 50 | #416 | — | — |
| 1896 | 46 | #427 | — | — |
| 1895 | 50 | #398 | — | — |
| 1894 | 43 | #423 | — | — |
| 1893 | 51 | #379 | — | — |
| 1892 | 40 | #422 | — | — |
| 1891 | 44 | #378 | — | — |
| 1890 | 33 | #450 | — | — |
| 1889 | 42 | #372 | — | — |
| 1888 | 33 | #434 | — | — |
| 1887 | 32 | #381 | — | — |
| 1886 | 32 | #379 | — | — |
| 1885 | 25 | #417 | — | — |
| 1884 | 28 | #378 | — | — |
| 1883 | 26 | #357 | — | — |
| 1882 | 29 | #329 | — | — |
| 1881 | 22 | #349 | — | — |
| 1880 | 24 | #329 | — | — |
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).