Ellyssa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LISS-a
Ellyssa is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Ellyssa come from?
Spelling of Elyssa, itself a variant of Elissa or Alyssa
Meaning borrowed from Elyssa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ellyssa a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellyssa is a girls' name.
How popular is Ellyssa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Ellyssa in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ellyssa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Ellyssa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma, Eliza, Isabella, Estrella, Camila, Elora, Elina, Eliana, Akira, Emerson, Paulina, Alina
Names related to Ellyssa
Elissa, Elysia, Elyssa, Allyssa, Elysa, Elyssia, Ellyse, Elysse
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ellyssa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellyssa, updated 20 October 2026.