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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #311, 1981girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 1979

girls
#323
728 births · 1 in 2,205 girls
boys
#6,056
5 births · 1 in 344,307 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #323Elisa728

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #6,056Elisa5
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 2,205 of them was named Elisa, which outranked 97.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisa
  1. #320Joyce737
  2. #321Sally735
  3. #321Trina735
  4. #323Elisa728
  5. #324Jocelyn721
  6. #325Jane720
  7. #325Jessie720
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

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

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 344,307 of them was named Elisa, which outranked 14.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisa
  1. #5,355Zeshan6
  2. #5,355Ziad6
  3. #5,355Ziyad6
  4. #6,056Elisa5
  5. #6,056Aakash5
  6. #6,056Aarn5
  7. #6,056Aaryn5

Tied with 1,015 names at #6,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

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

See the top 100 for 1979