Elyssa

Girl · recorded 1954–2025

  • #4,987in 2025
  • 1 in 61,817girls in 2025
  • −72%last ten years
  • 2.3×in California

Most popular in 1998.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1954

07515019541972199020072025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 68 recorded years as a table
Elyssa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19543
19573
19604
19613
19627
19635
19645
19654
19665
196712
19689
196911
19709
19716
197212
19739
197417
197512
197614
197726
197835
197932
198027
198134
198224
198323
198425
198546
198643
198765
198880
198990
199099
1991102
199288
1993104
1994106
1995106
1996132
1997140
1998150
1999139
2000139
2001136
2002141
2003141
2004149
2005133
2006130
2007128
2008102
2009112
2010106
2011100
201299
201376
201479
201559
201664
201756
201834
201941
202050
202137
202234
202325
202430
202516

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 2.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
26
Rank in 2025
#4,987
How rare
1 in 61,817 girls
Since 1954
7,272

Most popular in 1998, at 150 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 72% per million girls born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California2.3×27

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.