Ellyse — #12501 US girls' name
783 babies named Ellyse in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Ellyse was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Ellyse in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ellyse
The Social Security Administration has registered 783 babies named Ellyse between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ellyse currently holds the #12501 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ellyse performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 254 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ellyse shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ellyse in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ellyse 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 783 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.
Ellyse at a glance
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Current rank
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Ellyse popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2003)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #12501 among girls.
783 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 32 births in a single year.
Ellyse by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 254 births that decade — 32% of Ellyse's all-time total
Ellyse decade highlights
- Peak decade 254 births
- Runner-up 217 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ellyse's strongest decade
254 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Ellyse by state
Where Ellyse concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 49 | 6.3% |
49 of 783 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.