Elyssa

Where Elyssa comes from

The dictionaries list Elyssa as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #5,148 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Elyssa Davalos born
    American actress
  3. 1998
    Peak, #800
    265 babies named Elyssa — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,919.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Elyssa Davalos · American actress, born 1959

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.