Girls' name · since 1960
Elissia
300 babies named Elissia in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,246 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 300
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
300 babies have been named Elissia since 1960, making it today's #10246 girls' name.
Elissia has 300 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10246 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #15,895 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,246 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 300 born since 1960
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elissia ranks #15,895 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,246 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 300 born since 1960, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,895 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,246 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 300
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Elissia's 300 recorded births place it above 77.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Elissia compares
300 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Elissia's all-time total is 20% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elissia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 300 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elissia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elissia's full recorded timeline at 1999, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elissia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Elissia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (88 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Elissia's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Elissia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 21
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 88 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Elissia's data
- Elissia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elissia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~65 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Elissia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.