NameTides

Elyssa

Elyssa was the #4,987 girls' name in the US in 2025 (26 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Elyssa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Elyssa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Elyssa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,987 (26)#2,605 (10)——#1,429 (17)
2024#3,225 (49)#3,016 (8)——#1,541 (15)
2023#3,763 (40)#1,959 (14)——#1,898 (11)
2022#2,956 (56)#1,767 (16)——#1,252 (19)
2021#2,784 (61)#1,962 (14)——#1,229 (20)
2020#2,216 (81)#1,687 (17)——#1,557 (14)
2019#2,538 (69)#2,170 (12)——#1,342 (18)
2018#2,905 (57)#2,499 (10)——#1,164 (21)
2017#2,018 (97)#1,733 (17)——#1,333 (18)
2016#1,815 (114)#1,749 (17)——#1,157 (22)
2015#1,919 (105)#1,279 (26)——#1,080 (23)
2014#1,534 (142)#1,367 (23)#681 (4)—#948 (28)
2013#1,599 (134)#1,484 (21)#816 (3)—#1,165 (21)
2012#1,340 (175)#1,130 (30)#815 (3)#907 (3)#1,055 (24)
2011#1,324 (176)#1,545 (19)——#666 (43)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #800.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1954.

How common is it?

about 1 in 63,000 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 63,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Elyssa is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 63,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 43,000 to 1 in 93,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elyssa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Elyssa (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#5009

Elyssa (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
ElyssaCanadaGirls#1,42917
ElyssaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
ElyssaIrelandGirls—too few
ElyssaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ElyssaScotlandGirls—too few
ElyssaUSGirls#4,98726