How Many People Are Named Elise?
people named Elise are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,101 people in the US has this name
Based on 75,252 babies named Elise in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,126 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French short form of ÉLISABETH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Elise (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elise alive today is about 26 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elise first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2012, to 2,126 babies. In 2025, 1,367 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elise has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #152, in 2012. In 2025 it ranked #223.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #223 |
| Best rank | #152 (2012) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #174 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elise alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elise were born in California than in any other state: about 7,973 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elise was given 1.7 times as often in Louisiana, 1.7 times in Minnesota and 1.6 times in Massachusetts.
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