Elissa Girl
How popular is Elissa?
#1,844 girl name in 2025
108 baby girls were named Elissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1844th most popular girl name.
Elissa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,844 for girls (▼ 315 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 108 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,394 in 2015, #1,343 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1979 (408 girls) |
| Highest rank | #496 in 1979 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elissa 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 Elissa is most popular
Babies named Elissa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (158 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (154 girls)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
Elissa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 46 | #2,246 |
| 1920s | 37 | #2,899 |
| 1930s | 378 | #884 |
| 1940s | 676 | #790 |
| 1950s | 1,283 | #677 |
| 1960s | 1,352 | #757 |
| 1970s | 2,465 | #496 |
| 1980s | 3,277 | #529 |
| 1990s | 2,865 | #705 |
| 2000s | 2,653 | #784 |
| 2010s | 2,115 | #887 |
| 2020s | 886 | #1,343 |
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Questions
- Is Elissa a boy or girl name?
- Elissa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elissa were girls.
- How popular is the name Elissa?
- 108 baby girls were named Elissa in the US in 2025, making it the 1844th most popular girl name.
- When was Elissa most popular?
- Elissa peaked in 1979, when 408 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #496 in 1979.
- How many people are named Elissa?
- 18,033 babies have been named Elissa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,743 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Elissa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elissa was most common in Texas, at 0.2 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.