NameTides

Elyse

Elyse was the #918 girls' name in the US in 2025 (286 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #600 in Canada.

Elyse as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Elyse as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Elyse as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#918 (286)#1,892 (15)——#885 (3)#600 (50)
2024#750 (376)#1,743 (17)———#514 (58)
2023#812 (344)#1,774 (16)———#595 (48)
2022#815 (344)#1,501 (20)———#738 (37)
2021#868 (314)#1,454 (21)———#501 (59)
2020#718 (388)#1,618 (18)#471 (6)——#466 (64)
2019#733 (385)#1,349 (23)———#437 (75)
2018#687 (422)#1,170 (29)#415 (8)——#518 (60)
2017#682 (429)#1,568 (20)#501 (6)—#734 (4)#584 (53)
2016#694 (418)#1,749 (17)#675 (4)—#750 (4)#501 (65)
2015#653 (440)#1,204 (28)#455 (7)—#896 (3)#595 (50)
2014#609 (477)#1,040 (34)#477 (7)#439 (3)#876 (3)#398 (84)
2013#580 (495)#900 (41)#506 (6)—#587 (6)#404 (80)
2012#530 (571)#1,253 (26)#467 (7)——#356 (91)
2011#598 (479)#1,295 (24)#465 (7)——#440 (73)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #305.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elyse is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 6,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elyse by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #577INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #788CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Elyse (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
Ontario2024#50625
Quebec2025#6696

Elyse (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
ElyseCanadaGirls#60050
ElyseEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
ElyseIrelandGirls#8853
ElyseNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElyseScotlandGirls—too few
ElyseUSGirls#918286
ElyseUSBoys—too few