NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Elissa Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Elissa: every year it appeared on the national list since 1914, with 18,033 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
18,033
Peak year
1979 #496
Years on the list
106
10-year trend
-19.1%

In the 1970s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1914–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011224#1098
2012298#888
2013235#1057
2014242#1065
2015169#1394
2016166#1404
2017166#1388
2018183#1264
2019213#1137
2020164#1345
2021164#1348
2022160#1416
2023150#1465
2024140#1530
2025108#1848

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1979

CA
40
NY
35
TX
32
MI
22
OH
21
PA
20

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