Elise
#223 for girls in 2025, 1,367 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 2,121 births
- Debut · girls
- 24 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 75,186since 1880
Elise over time
Rank among girls' names. Elise has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #223 | 1,367 | — | |
| 2024 | #251 | 1,270 | — | |
| 2023 | #273 | 1,146 | — | |
| 2022 | #260 | 1,204 | — | |
| 2021 | #242 | 1,254 | — | |
| 2020 | #212 | 1,364 | — | |
| 2019 | #207 | 1,472 | — | |
| 2018 | #176 | 1,670 | — | |
| 2017 | #177 | 1,716 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #168 | 1,915 | — | |
| 2015 | #174 | 1,845 | — | |
| 2014 | #168 | 1,967 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #159 | 2,017 | — | |
| 2012 | #152 | 2,121 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #162 | 1,934 | — | |
| 2010 | #196 | 1,588 | — | |
| 2009 | #210 | 1,526 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #218 | 1,549 | — | |
| 2007 | #224 | 1,559 | — | |
| 2006 | #218 | 1,566 | — | |
| 2005 | #228 | 1,496 | — | |
| 2004 | #226 | 1,510 | — | |
| 2003 | #232 | 1,419 | — | |
| 2002 | #238 | 1,336 | — | |
| 2001 | #236 | 1,337 | — | |
| 2000 | #254 | 1,278 | — | |
| 1999 | #271 | 1,157 | — | |
| 1998 | #293 | 1,026 | — | |
| 1997 | #278 | 1,046 | — | |
| 1996 | #305 | 935 | — | |
| 1995 | #335 | 788 | — | |
| 1994 | #333 | 802 | — | |
| 1993 | #284 | 978 | — | |
| 1992 | #298 | 939 | — | |
| 1991 | #290 | 970 | — | |
| 1990 | #265 | 1,071 | — | |
| 1989 | #253 | 1,065 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #240 | 1,095 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #235 | 1,143 | — | |
| 1986 | #248 | 1,043 | — | |
| 1985 | #270 | 933 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #312 | 760 | — | |
| 1983 | #394 | 556 | — | |
| 1982 | #477 | 437 | — | |
| 1981 | #512 | 387 | — | |
| 1980 | #556 | 334 | — | |
| 1979 | #605 | 296 | — | |
| 1978 | #602 | 283 | — | |
| 1977 | #645 | 255 | — | |
| 1976 | #632 | 244 | — | |
| 1975 | #660 | 230 | — | |
| 1974 | #675 | 221 | — | |
| 1973 | #564 | 292 | — | |
| 1972 | #613 | 256 | — | |
| 1971 | #569 | 308 | — | |
| 1970 | #557 | 331 | — | |
| 1969 | #543 | 329 | — | |
| 1968 | #522 | 341 | — | |
| 1967 | #517 | 337 | — | |
| 1966 | #492 | 362 | — | |
| 1965 | #491 | 374 | — | |
| 1964 | #470 | 427 | — | |
| 1963 | #503 | 374 | — | |
| 1962 | #505 | 367 | — | |
| 1961 | #480 | 403 | — | |
| 1960 | #500 | 374 | — | |
| 1959 | #472 | 421 | — | |
| 1958 | #480 | 392 | — | |
| 1957 | #501 | 358 | — | |
| 1956 | #470 | 394 | — | |
| 1955 | #443 | 409 | — | |
| 1954 | #436 | 404 | — | |
| 1953 | #456 | 352 | — | |
| 1952 | #483 | 303 | — | |
| 1951 | #482 | 291 | — | |
| 1950 | #613 | 187 | — | |
| 1949 | #640 | 169 | — | |
| 1948 | #645 | 166 | — | |
| 1947 | #615 | 185 | — | |
| 1946 | #702 | 132 | — | |
| 1945 | #698 | 113 | — | |
| 1944 | #631 | 134 | — | |
| 1943 | #678 | 125 | — | |
| 1942 | #725 | 106 | — | |
| 1941 | #639 | 123 | — | |
| 1940 | #645 | 116 | — | |
| 1939 | #621 | 118 | — | |
| 1938 | #666 | 107 | — | |
| 1937 | #620 | 119 | — | |
| 1936 | #611 | 116 | — | |
| 1935 | #545 | 139 | — | |
| 1934 | #680 | 96 | — | |
| 1933 | #585 | 121 | — | |
| 1932 | #578 | 129 | — | |
| 1931 | #546 | 147 | — | |
| 1930 | #583 | 137 | — | |
| 1929 | #529 | 164 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #579 | 149 | — | |
| 1927 | #568 | 157 | — | |
| 1926 | #565 | 159 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #577 | 155 | — | |
| 1924 | #497 | 199 | — | |
| 1923 | #490 | 200 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #484 | 202 | — | |
| 1921 | #469 | 216 | — | |
| 1920 | #470 | 208 | — | |
| 1919 | #427 | 234 | — | |
| 1918 | #462 | 209 | — | |
| 1917 | #443 | 210 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #451 | 198 | — | |
| 1915 | #451 | 186 | — | |
| 1914 | #431 | 157 | — | |
| 1913 | #410 | 144 | — | |
| 1912 | #384 | 143 | — | |
| 1911 | #467 | 77 | — | |
| 1910 | #519 | 62 | — | |
| 1909 | #473 | 63 | — | |
| 1908 | #430 | 70 | — | |
| 1907 | #434 | 67 | — | |
| 1906 | #458 | 55 | — | |
| 1905 | #458 | 54 | — | |
| 1904 | #421 | 59 | — | |
| 1903 | #435 | 53 | — | |
| 1902 | #434 | 51 | — | |
| 1901 | #432 | 47 | — | |
| 1900 | #381 | 76 | — | |
| 1899 | #421 | 48 | — | |
| 1898 | #396 | 60 | — | |
| 1897 | #414 | 50 | — | |
| 1896 | #424 | 46 | — | |
| 1895 | #397 | 50 | — | |
| 1894 | #422 | 43 | — | |
| 1893 | #379 | 51 | — | |
| 1892 | #419 | 40 | — | |
| 1891 | #377 | 44 | — | |
| 1890 | #446 | 33 | — | |
| 1889 | #371 | 42 | — | |
| 1888 | #431 | 33 | — | |
| 1887 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1886 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1885 | #413 | 25 | — | |
| 1884 | #377 | 28 | — | |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | — | |
| 1882 | #326 | 29 | — | |
| 1881 | #346 | 22 | — | |
| 1880 | #326 | 24 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Elise was already there! It came in at #326, and was given to 24 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1888, when fewer than 34 girls a year got the name.
See more about Elise
- 28 spots since 2024 (#251 → #223)
- 11 spots since 2020 (#212 → #223)
- 49 spots since 2015 (#174 → #223)
- Biggest jump: 135 spots in 1935 (#680 → #545)
- Biggest drop: 111 spots in 1974 (#564 → #675)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2012 at #152 (2,121 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 830 girls born in 2012 were named Elise (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,176 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 24.3% of all girls named Elise (18,245) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 293 | #326 (1882) | #370 |
| 1890s | 465 | #377 (1891) | #410 |
| 1900s | 595 | #381 (1900) | #436 |
| 1910s | 1,620 | #384 (1912) | #445 |
| 1920s | 1,809 | #469 (1921) | #523 |
| 1930s | 1,229 | #545 (1935) | #604 |
| 1940s | 1,369 | #615 (1947) | #662 |
| 1950s | 3,511 | #436 (1954) | #484 |
| 1960s | 3,688 | #470 (1964) | #502 |
| 1970s | 2,716 | #557 (1970) | #612 |
| 1980s | 7,753 | #235 (1987) | #350 |
| 1990s | 9,712 | #265 (1990) | #295 |
| 2000s | 14,576 | #210 (2009) | #228 |
| 2010s | 18,245 | #152 (2012) | #174 |
| 2020s | 7,605 | #212 (2020) | #244 |
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.
Elise in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 5,149 of them was named Elise, which outranked 91.7% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Elise, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.