Elyse

#918 for girls in 2025, 286 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1987 · 803 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,245
since 1913

Elyse over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #305, 1987girls
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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#918286
2024#750376
2023#812344
2022#815344
2021#868314
2020#718388
2019#733385
2018#687422
2017#682429
2016#694418
2015#653440
2014#609477
2013#580495
2012#530571
2011#598479
2010#640461
2009#649455
2008#699432
2007#749389
2006#678419
2005#706386
2004#725368
2003#732349
2002#767314
2001#808292
2000#815278
1999#806270
1998#761283
1997#834248
1996#908216
1995#797249
1994#751276
1993#781264
1992#669330
1991#564412
1990#527449#8,1175
1989#406612#6,2297
1988#315790#5,7517
1987#305803
1986#343700
1985#365639
1984#479426
1983#697244
1982#1,48980
1981#1,52878
1980#1,47482
1979#1,44284
1978#1,45479
1977#1,40480
1976#1,28685
1975#1,65558
1974#1,39973
1973#1,27681
1972#1,32576
1971#1,36478
1970#1,46469
1969#1,20186
1968#1,09095
1967#1,22775
1966#1,10291
1965#1,22677
1964#1,10398
1963#1,16987
1962#1,54053
1961#1,26876
1960#1,08798
1959#1,13089
1958#1,045100
1957#1,002108
1956#914121
1955#722172
1954#768148
1953#857119
1952#794129
1951#95295
1950#855107
1949#90995
1948#92388
1947#89897
1946#1,07862
1945#1,04855
1944#86777
1943#1,32738
1942#2,04618
1941#3,2528
1940#3,2088
1939#3,4297
1938
1937
1936#3,7016
1935
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1933#4,2185
1932#2,83110
1931#2,9729
1930#4,0476
1929#3,1379
1928#2,76811
1927#2,85911
1926#3,5648
1925#4,9735
1924#2,80912
1923#4,9675
1922#5,0095
1921#5,0995
1920
1919#3,4528
1918#4,8095
1917#4,5945
1916#3,5527
1915
1914#3,6185
1913#2,8276
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Elyse! It came in at #2,827, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Elyse
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 168 spots since 2024 (#750#918)
  • 200 spots since 2020 (#718#918)
  • 265 spots since 2015 (#653#918)
  • Biggest jump: 792 spots in 1983 (#1,489#697)
  • Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1956 (#722#914)
Rise & fade · girls
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1987 at #305 (803 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1983–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,165
  • Highest: 1 in 2,165 girls born in 1987 were named Elyse (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,620 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 21.5% of all girls named Elyse (4,577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s36#2,827 (1913)#3,809
1920s71#2,768 (1928)#3,909
1930s43#2,831 (1932)#3,533
1940s546#867 (1944)#1,556
1950s1,188#722 (1955)#904
1960s836#1,087 (1960)#1,201
1970s763#1,276 (1973)#1,407
1980s4,454#305 (1987)#740
1990s2,997#527 (1990)#740
2000s3,682#649 (2009)#733
2010s4,577#530 (2012)#641
2020s2,052#718 (2020)#814

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.

Elyse in 1953

girls
#857
119 births · 1 in 15,809 girls

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #857Elyse119
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 15,809 of them was named Elyse, which outranked 86.8% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elyse
  1. #849Sanjuanita120
  2. #849Shirlene120
  3. #849Trina120
  4. #857Elyse119
  5. #857Angelita119
  6. #857Marybeth119
  7. #860Bennie118
  8. #860Caryl118
  9. #860Daryl118

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. 2,253Enola#3,201#948
  2. 885Lu#1,368#483
  3. 749Joni#1,046#297
  4. 553Brooke#1,351#798
  5. 531Lorri#1,430#899
Fallers
  1. 274Roseanna#808#1,082
  2. 253Georgie#946#1,199
  3. 218Pandora#783#1,001
  4. 204Fonda#822#1,026
  5. 195Brinda#935#1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1953