Elisa Girl
How popular is Elisa?
#458 girl name in 2025
674 baby girls were named Elisa in the US in 2025, making it the 458th most popular girl name.
Elisa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #458 for girls (▼ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 674 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #489 in 2015, #511 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (849 girls) |
| Highest rank | #311 in 1981 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elisa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eliza family of names ranked #98 for girls in 2025 (#97 the year before), with 3,288 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza | 2,370 | 72% |
| Elisa | 674 | 20% |
| Elissa | 108 | 3% |
| Elyssa | 26 | 1% |
| Elyza | 56 | 2% |
| Elizah | 41 | 1% |
| Elysa | 13 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Elisa is most popular
Babies named Elisa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 1.1 per 1,000 (155 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Massachusetts: 1.0 per 1,000 (115 girls)
- California: 0.9 per 1,000 (742 girls)
- Texas: 0.8 per 1,000 (649 girls)
Elisa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 93 | #560 |
| 1890s | 128 | #706 |
| 1900s | 219 | #691 |
| 1910s | 560 | #723 |
| 1920s | 1,129 | #567 |
| 1930s | 1,056 | #602 |
| 1940s | 1,044 | #718 |
| 1950s | 2,720 | #456 |
| 1960s | 6,196 | #342 |
| 1970s | 6,020 | #323 |
| 1980s | 6,739 | #311 |
| 1990s | 5,569 | #412 |
| 2000s | 5,373 | #495 |
| 2010s | 6,579 | #368 |
| 2020s | 4,236 | #408 |
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Questions
- Is Elisa a boy or girl name?
- Elisa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elisa were girls.
- How popular is the name Elisa?
- 674 baby girls were named Elisa in the US in 2025, making it the 458th most popular girl name.
- When was Elisa most popular?
- Elisa peaked in 2012, when 849 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #311 in 1981.
- How many people are named Elisa?
- 47,804 babies have been named Elisa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 42,722 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Elisa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elisa was most common in Arizona, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.