Elise
Elise is ranked 252nd among girls in 2024 (1,266 births). Its best rank was 152nd, in 2012.
- Rank in 2024
- #252up 22 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,2660.08% of girls
- Peak year
- 20122,121 births
- Best rank
- #152in 2012
- Since 1880
- 73,809people given the name
The story in the numbers
73,809 girls have been named Elise in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 2,121 births — 0.12% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 168 → 252).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2010s alone account for 25%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Elise | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 293 | |
| 1890s | 465 | |
| 1900s | 595 | |
| 1910s | 1,620 | |
| 1920s | 1,809 | |
| 1930s | 1,228 | |
| 1940s | 1,369 | |
| 1950s | 3,511 | |
| 1960s | 3,689 | |
| 1970s | 2,717 | |
| 1980s | 7,752 | |
| 1990s | 9,712 | |
| 2000s | 14,575 | |
| 2010s | 18,243 | |
| 2020s | 6,231 |
In 2012, its biggest year
Elise was the 152nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2012 were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Elise
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leahpeak 2009
- Nathaliepeak 2009
- Nellypeak 2007
- Zaidapeak 2011
- Alenapeak 2015
- Savinapeak 2008
- Camillepeak 2012
- Princesspeak 2006
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.