Girls' name · since 1987
Ellysa
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 184 babies named Ellysa, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ellysa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 184 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellysa has been recorded 184 times among girls since 1987, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2016.
- #20,650 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 184 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ellysa ranks #20,650 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 184 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,650 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ellysa's 184 recorded births place it above 71.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ellysa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ellysa's full recorded timeline at 2001, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ellysa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2016
- Peak year (1999)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ellysa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (93 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Ellysa's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Ellysa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
93 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 93 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Ellysa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2010s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ellysa: 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 (~29 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, 1987–2016 (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 Ellysa 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.