Elysa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LISS-a
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Elysa is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Elysa come from?
Spelling of Elyssa, itself a variant of Elissa or Alyssa
Meaning borrowed from Elyssa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Elysa a girl's or a boy's name?
Elysa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elysa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elysa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elysa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Elysa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Elysa, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Elysa in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 147 girls in the US were given Elysa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,291, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Elysa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,893 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,618 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
Names like Elysa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima, Elena, Eliana, Athena, Eliza, Jessica, Alina, Sienna, Isabella, Francesca, Gabriella, Ava
Other spellings of Elysa
Names related to Elysa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Elysa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elysa, updated 20 October 2026.