Elysha — #15698 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Elysha

The Social Security Administration has registered 691 babies named Elysha between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Elysha currently holds the #15698 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Elysha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elysha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Elysha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Elysha 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 691 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.