How Many People Are Named Elyssa?
people named Elyssa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 47,828 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,272 babies named Elyssa in Social Security records from 1954 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
273 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Elyssa in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elyssa alive today is about 25 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elyssa first appears in the records in 1954 and was given most often in 2004, to 273 babies. In 2025, 26 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1954 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elyssa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #800, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #5,013.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,013 |
| Best rank | #800 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,016 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elyssa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elyssa were born in California than in any other state: about 1,065 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elyssa was given 2 times as often in New York, 1.8 times in Texas and 1.5 times in California.
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