Elysa Girl
How popular is Elysa?
#7,883 girl name in 2025
13 baby girls were named Elysa in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
Elysa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,883 for girls (▲ 2383 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 13 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,450 in 2015, #7,964 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (50 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,619 in 1986 |
| First recorded | 1950 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elysa 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 Elysa is most popular
Babies named Elysa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Elysa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 89 | #3,018 |
| 1960s | 118 | #2,632 |
| 1970s | 100 | #4,234 |
| 1980s | 250 | #2,619 |
| 1990s | 300 | #2,871 |
| 2000s | 376 | #3,005 |
| 2010s | 215 | #4,599 |
| 2020s | 75 | #7,245 |
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Questions
- Is Elysa a boy or girl name?
- Elysa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elysa were girls.
- How popular is the name Elysa?
- 13 baby girls were named Elysa in the US in 2025, making it the 7883rd most popular girl name.
- When was Elysa most popular?
- Elysa peaked in 2004, when 50 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,619 in 1986.
- How many people are named Elysa?
- 1,523 babies have been named Elysa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,472 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Elysa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elysa was most common in California, at 0.0 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.