Elissa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Elissa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Elissa: Recorded since 1982, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #407 in 2012, and it stood at #1,454 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#407highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Elissa's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#916
1997	#983
1998	#955
1999	#678
2000	#565
2001	#601
2002	#476
2003	#508
2004	#495
2005	#583
2006	#519
2007	#512
2008	#537
2009	#447
2010	#531
2011	#458
2012	#407
2013	#456
2014	#494
2015	#609
2016	#529
2017	#609
2018	#729
2019	#670
2020	#683
2021	#779
2022	#876
2023	#906
2024	#1021
2025	#1454

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 7 of the 36 years from 1982 to 2017.

In 2017: #609 among girls in England and Wales, #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1982–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #467 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #407 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1454 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Elissa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 30 ranked years and 1,775 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1982.

Elissa across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Elissa's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#467 (1982)	#467 (1982)	#873 (2017)	7 of 36	25 (1982–2017)	4 (1982)
England and Wales · Girls	#916 (1996)	#407 (2012)	#1454 (2025)	30 of 30	1,775 (1996–2025)	114 (2012)

Elissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Elissa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	101	4 of 10	25
2000s	650	10 of 10	65
2010sbusiest	789	10 of 10	79
2020s	235	6 of 10	39

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 79 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Elissa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #407 in England and Wales in 2012.

Elissa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#1454	21	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#1021	34	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#906	39	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#876	40	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#779	47	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#670	58	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#729	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#609	69	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#529	80	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#609	68	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#494	86	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#456	92	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#407	114	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#458	93	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#531	75	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#447	93	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#537	71	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#512	73	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#519	71	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#583	56	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#495	67	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#508	63	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#476	64	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#601	44	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#565	48	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#678	35	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#916	23	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Elissa is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Elissa, between 1982 and 2025, in 31 of those 44 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1982–2017	7	#467 in 1982
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#407 in 2012

Its high point came 30 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1982) than in England and Wales (2012).

No registrar recorded it for 13 years after 1982; it appears again in 1996.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1982 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #407, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 114 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Elita · #893, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kristel · #407, 33y
Raheem · #406, 30y
Raisa · #408, 31y
Chukwuemeka · #409, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Cianna · #407, 28y
Liane · #407, 19y
Raisa · #408, 31y
Vikki · #408, 14y

Elissa was ranked #407 in England and Wales · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Flora#404
Ophelia#406
Ashleigh#407
Ava-Rose#407
Haleema#410
Nell#410
Iona#412
Teagan#412

Elissa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Elissa without appearing here.

Elissa moved ahead of

Denise
In 1998 they stood at #955 and #664 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #678 and #1216.
Carol
In 1997 they stood at #983 and #897 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #955 and #1480.
Tracey
In 1996 they stood at #916 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #983 and #1450.
Tracy
In 1997 they stood at #983 and #820 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #955 and #1392.

Moved ahead of Elissa

Robyn
In 2006 they stood at #467 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #56.
Shannon
In 2006 they stood at #467 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #71.
Brooke
In 2006 they stood at #467 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #73.
Amalie
In 2024 they stood at #1021 and #1128 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #1454 and #894.

Moved the opposite way to Elissa

Ada
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #916 to #1454 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #916 to #1454 while Alma went from #2096 to #211.
Alyssa
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #916 to #1454 while Alyssa went from #783 to #325.
Amalie
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #916 to #1454 while Amalie went from #2096 to #894.

Moved the same way as Elissa

Abigail
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #916 to #1454 and Abigail from #21 to #171.
Aimee
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #916 to #1454 and Aimee from #70 to #1809.
Aisling
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #916 to #1454 and Aisling from #440 to #1892.
Alex
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #916 to #1454 and Alex from #161 to #2605.

What is known about Elissa

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1982–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1982 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #407 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elissa

Elissa at a glance

What stands out in Elissa's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Elissa across 2 official records

Elissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elissa appears in

Popularity data

Where Elissa is officially recorded

What the record shows

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What is known about Elissa

Elissa at a glance

What stands out in Elissa's record

Elissa across 2 official records

Elissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Elissa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Elissa

Elissa and the names beside it

Elissa moved ahead of

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