Elyssia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LIZ-ee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Elyssia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Elyssia mean?
Greek: spelling of Elysia; from Elysium, the paradise of Greek mythology
Taken from Elysium, the paradise where heroes and the virtuous were sent after death in Greek mythology.
Meaning borrowed from Elysia. More on Wiktionary.
Is Elyssia a girl's or a boy's name?
Elyssia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elyssia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Elyssia, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 18 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Elyssia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Elyssia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were given Elyssia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #882, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Elyssia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Elyssia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Elyssia, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Elyssia in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 215 girls in the US were given Elyssia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,015, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Elyssia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
Names like Elyssia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emilia, Sophia, Eliana, Amelia, Isabella, Olivia, Arabella, Anastasia, Lyra, Eliza, Aria, Fatima
Other spellings of Elyssia
Names related to Elyssia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Elyssia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elyssia, updated 20 October 2026.