Elese — girls' name

What the Data Says About Elese

The Social Security Administration has registered 511 babies named Elese between 1908 and 2015, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elese performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Elese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Elese in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elese in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 511 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.