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

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Peak · girls
2012 · 2,121 births
Debut · girls
24 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
75,186
since 1880

Elise over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elise has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #152, 2012girls
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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#2231,367
2024#2511,270
2023#2731,146
2022#2601,204
2021#2421,254
2020#2121,364
2019#2071,472
2018#1761,670
2017#1771,716#12,2465
2016#1681,915
2015#1741,845
2014#1681,967#12,1085
2013#1592,017
2012#1522,121#12,2745
2011#1621,934
2010#1961,588
2009#2101,526#12,4915
2008#2181,549
2007#2241,559
2006#2181,566
2005#2281,496
2004#2261,510
2003#2321,419
2002#2381,336
2001#2361,337
2000#2541,278
1999#2711,157
1998#2931,026
1997#2781,046
1996#305935
1995#335788
1994#333802
1993#284978
1992#298939
1991#290970
1990#2651,071
1989#2531,065#4,81110
1988#2401,095#5,7517
1987#2351,143
1986#2481,043
1985#270933#4,3339
1984#312760
1983#394556
1982#477437
1981#512387
1980#556334
1979#605296
1978#602283
1977#645255
1976#632244
1975#660230
1974#675221
1973#564292
1972#613256
1971#569308
1970#557331
1969#543329
1968#522341
1967#517337
1966#492362
1965#491374
1964#470427
1963#503374
1962#505367
1961#480403
1960#500374
1959#472421
1958#480392
1957#501358
1956#470394
1955#443409
1954#436404
1953#456352
1952#483303
1951#482291
1950#613187
1949#640169
1948#645166
1947#615185
1946#702132
1945#698113
1944#631134
1943#678125
1942#725106
1941#639123
1940#645116
1939#621118
1938#666107
1937#620119
1936#611116
1935#545139
1934#68096
1933#585121
1932#578129
1931#546147
1930#583137
1929#529164#3,9595
1928#579149
1927#568157
1926#565159#4,2015
1925#577155
1924#497199
1923#490200#4,2395
1922#484202
1921#469216
1920#470208
1919#427234
1918#462209
1917#443210#3,9815
1916#451198
1915#451186
1914#431157
1913#410144
1912#384143
1911#46777
1910#51962
1909#47363
1908#43070
1907#43467
1906#45855
1905#45854
1904#42159
1903#43553
1902#43451
1901#43247
1900#38176
1899#42148
1898#39660
1897#41450
1896#42446
1895#39750
1894#42243
1893#37951
1892#41940
1891#37744
1890#44633
1889#37142
1888#43133
1887#37832
1886#37832
1885#41325
1884#37728
1883#35426
1882#32629
1881#34622
1880#32624
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
132 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2012 at #152 (2,121 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 830
  • Highest: 1 in 830 girls born in 2012 were named Elise (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,176 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 24.3% of all girls named Elise (18,245) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s293#326 (1882)#370
1890s465#377 (1891)#410
1900s595#381 (1900)#436
1910s1,620#384 (1912)#445
1920s1,809#469 (1921)#523
1930s1,229#545 (1935)#604
1940s1,369#615 (1947)#662
1950s3,511#436 (1954)#484
1960s3,688#470 (1964)#502
1970s2,716#557 (1970)#612
1980s7,753#235 (1987)#350
1990s9,712#265 (1990)#295
2000s14,576#210 (2009)#228
2010s18,245#152 (2012)#174
2020s7,605#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 1923

girls
#490
200 births · 1 in 6,032 girls
boys
#4,239
5 births · 1 in 219,220 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #490Elise200

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #4,239Elise5
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 6,032 of them was named Elise, which outranked 91.5% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elise
  1. #486Madeleine202
  2. #488Lucinda201
  3. #488Mozelle201
  4. #490Elise200
  5. #491Delphine199
  6. #491Joanna199
  7. #491Magdalene199
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 219,220 of them was named Elise, which outranked 13.6% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elise
  1. #3,822Yoneo6
  2. #3,822Yoshiharu6
  3. #3,822Zed6
  4. #4,239Elise5
  5. #4,239Abdon5
  6. #4,239Ac5
  7. #4,239Add5

Tied with 665 names at #4,239; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923