Ellissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ellissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 486 babies named Ellissa between 1967 and 2018, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ellissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellissa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ellissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ellissa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ellissa 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 486 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.