NameTides

Elise

Elise was the #223 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,367 babies), and #335 in England & Wales and #136 in Canada.

Elise as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Elise as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIreland
Elise as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#223 (1,367)#335 (129)#256 (14)#290 (5)#381 (10)#136 (197)—
2024#251 (1,270)#320 (136)#188 (21)#337 (4)#372 (10)#151 (184)—
2023#273 (1,146)#356 (119)#163 (26)#302 (5)#212 (20)#170 (154)—
2022#260 (1,204)#351 (122)#223 (18)#201 (9)#195 (24)#160 (167)—
2021#242 (1,254)#299 (157)#138 (32)#350 (4)#363 (11)#141 (198)—
2020#212 (1,364)#255 (185)#197 (20)#246 (6)#211 (21)#131 (197)—
2019#207 (1,472)#251 (194)#164 (27)#213 (8)#196 (25)#125 (216)—
2018#176 (1,670)#216 (235)#151 (32)#208 (9)#188 (27)#108 (244)—
2017#177 (1,716)#193 (275)#115 (42)#263 (6)#145 (39)#121 (226)—
2016#168 (1,915)#177 (310)#124 (39)—#176 (31)#111 (256)—
2015#174 (1,845)#191 (289)#113 (42)#358 (4)#192 (29)#115 (261)—
2014#168 (1,967)#157 (355)#85 (61)#365 (4)#132 (45)#148 (213)#82 (82)
2013#159 (2,017)#173 (303)#83 (58)#218 (9)#165 (36)#134 (228)—
2012#152 (2,121)#146 (391)#75 (68)#187 (10)#164 (36)#102 (286)#96 (76)
2011#162 (1,934)#143 (392)#89 (54)#246 (7)#250 (21)#117 (251)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #152.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 760common

Next year

On its recent trend, Elise is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elise by state, 2025Alaska: #60AKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #247WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #158WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #241MNIllinois: #150ILMichigan: #215MINew York: #232NYMassachusetts: #263MAOregon: #273ORNevada: #141NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #248IAIndiana: #345INOhio: #205OHPennsylvania: #243PANew Jersey: #301NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #210CAUtah: #193UTColorado: #179CONebraska: #169NEMissouri: #178MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #186VAMaryland: #304MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #233AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #163KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #282TNNorth Carolina: #304NCSouth Carolina: #244SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #247OKLouisiana: #162LAMississippi: #301MSAlabama: #283ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #257TXFlorida: #219FL
Elise (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#13044
Ontario2024#17264

Elise (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EliseCanadaGirls#136197
EliseEngland & WalesGirls#335129
EliseIrelandGirls#38110
ÉliseIrelandGirls—too few
EliseNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
EliseNSWGirls—too few
EliseScotlandGirls#25614
EliseUSGirls#2231,367
EliseUSBoys—too few