Elyssa Girl
How popular is Elyssa?
#4,986 girl name in 2025
26 baby girls were named Elyssa in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
Elyssa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,986 for girls (▼ 1761 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,919 in 2015, #2,216 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (273 girls) |
| Highest rank | #800 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1954 |
| 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 |
Elyssa 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 Elyssa is most popular
Babies named Elyssa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Elyssa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13 | #4,917 |
| 1960s | 116 | #2,868 |
| 1970s | 266 | #1,862 |
| 1980s | 796 | #1,034 |
| 1990s | 2,093 | #800 |
| 2000s | 2,418 | #873 |
| 2010s | 1,257 | #1,269 |
| 2020s | 313 | #2,216 |
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Questions
- Is Elyssa a boy or girl name?
- Elyssa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elyssa were girls.
- How popular is the name Elyssa?
- 26 baby girls were named Elyssa in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
- When was Elyssa most popular?
- Elyssa peaked in 2004, when 273 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #800 in 1998.
- How many people are named Elyssa?
- 7,272 babies have been named Elyssa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,160 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Elyssa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elyssa was most common in California, at 0.1 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.