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 #1,021 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
43years 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 · 1996–2024

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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

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, 1982–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #407 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1021 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elissa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 1,754 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)	#1021 (2024)	29 of 29	1,754 (1996–2024)	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	214	5 of 10	43

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

See the names England and Waleshas 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.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1982 to 2024. 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
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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1982 and 2024, ranked in 30 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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Elisse · #896, 21y
Elita · #893, 14y

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, 29y
Raisa · #408, 30y
Shola · #408, 25y

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, 30y
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.

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 2,573 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 Compare
In 1998 they stood at #955 and #664 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #678 and #1216.
Carol Compare
In 1997 they stood at #983 and #897 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #955 and #1480.
Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #916 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #983 and #1450.
Tracy Compare
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 Compare
In 2006 they stood at #467 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #56.
Shannon Compare
In 2006 they stood at #467 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #71.
Brooke Compare
In 2006 they stood at #467 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #73.
Sofia Compare
In 2006 they stood at #467 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #150.

Moved the opposite way to Elissa

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #678 to #1021 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #678 to #1021 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #601 to #1021 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #495 to #1021 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Elissa

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #565 to #1021 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elissa went from #476 to #1021 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't 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 2024. 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

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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

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Elissa

Elissa and the names beside it

Elissa moved ahead of

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