Elisa

#458 for girls in 2025, 674 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1981 · 775 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
47,661
since 1880

Elisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elisa has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #311, 1981girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#458674
2024#433714
2023#419731#10,8216
2022#408772
2021#420750
2020#511595
2019#441711
2018#456691
2017#506617
2016#490634
2015#489656
2014#505619
2013#467657
2012#368849#12,2745
2011#536543
2010#497602
2009#633472
2008#626492
2007#551555
2006#546542
2005#533541
2004#496594
2003#517552
2002#496559
2001#495557
2000#520509
1999#513497
1998#471547
1997#452562
1996#440577
1995#462546
1994#476523
1993#452555
1992#457541#6,6707
1991#412620
1990#422601
1989#389640#6,9416
1988#399603#5,2008
1987#374624#3,73112
1986#357668#5,3327
1985#346677
1984#358645
1983#340678#5,4846
1982#335716#4,5938
1981#311775#3,60111
1980#339713
1979#323728#6,0565
1978#365585#5,7725
1977#379556
1976#383537#4,9356
1975#407495
1974#378562
1973#364585#5,1015
1972#361607
1971#359678
1970#359687#4,7245
1969#358647
1968#346652#4,1365
1967#356634#3,9665
1966#342680
1965#367617
1964#378643
1963#356716
1962#417551
1961#420542#4,0655
1960#432514
1959#456450
1958#488383
1957#526329
1956#550288
1955#527302
1954#582241
1953#533261
1952#650188
1951#683163
1950#814115
1949#729135
1948#734132
1947#825113
1946#776112
1945#79090
1944#727108
1943#718115
1942#84482
1941#84574
1940#77283
1939#79774
1938#70794
1937#70494
1936#622112
1935#646102
1934#617115#3,6795
1933#656100
1932#602119
1931#613117
1930#611129#4,0015
1929#638118
1928#567155#4,1515
1927#687111
1926#666118
1925#715106
1924#676121
1923#74197
1922#717103#4,3075
1921#73798#3,8696
1920#718102
1919#77183
1918#87667
1917#79276
1916#77578
1915#83960
1914#77755
1913#83040
1912#79539
1911#81128
1910#72334
1909#69133
1908#74227
1907#71028
1906#71626
1905#96815
1904#71024
1903#86216
1902#1,02412
1901#79517
1900#80321
1899#1,0999
1898#96313
1897#76117
1896#90313
1895#89313
1894#90512
1893#95510
1892#70617
1891#83911
1890#75813
1889#80211
1888#66315
1887#56016
1886#65712
1885#7938
1884#68610
1883#6928
1882#6788
1881
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elisa was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elisa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 25 spots since 2024 (#433#458)
  • 53 spots since 2020 (#511#458)
  • 31 spots since 2015 (#489#458)
  • Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1900 (#1,099#803)
  • Biggest drop: 258 spots in 1905 (#710#968)
Rise & fade · girls
101 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1981 at #311 (775 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 143 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1903–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,074
  • Highest: 1 in 2,074 girls born in 2012 were named Elisa (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,385 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #311 in 1981, was only 1 in 2,152 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 14.1% of all girls named Elisa (6,739) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s93#560 (1887)#707
1890s128#706 (1892)#878
1900s219#691 (1909)#802
1910s560#723 (1910)#799
1920s1,129#567 (1928)#686
1930s1,056#602 (1932)#658
1940s1,044#718 (1943)#776
1950s2,720#456 (1959)#581
1960s6,196#342 (1966)#377
1970s6,020#323 (1979)#368
1980s6,739#311 (1981)#355
1990s5,569#412 (1991)#456
2000s5,373#495 (2001)#541
2010s6,579#368 (2012)#476
2020s4,236#408 (2022)#442

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elisa in 1915

girls
#839
60 births · 1 in 16,398 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #839Elisa60
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 16,398 of them was named Elisa, which outranked 83.1% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisa
  1. #831Luvenia61
  2. #831Maurice61
  3. #831Sonia61
  4. #839Elisa60
  5. #839Antonetta60
  6. #839Freeda60
  7. #839Louie60
  8. #850Edyth59
  9. #850Enola59
  10. #850Gay59

Tied with 10 names at #839; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915