Elissa — #1526 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,924 babies named Elissa between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elissa currently holds the #1526 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 408 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elissa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,277 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Elissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,416 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Elissa in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elissa 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 17,924 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.