Elyssa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Elyssa: Recorded since 1996, it reached #907 in 2012, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#907highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3848
1999	#2770
2000	#1995
2001	#2783
2002	#2301
2003	#1552
2004	#1617
2005	#1589
2006	#1386
2007	#1337
2008	#1344
2009	#1411
2010	#1584
2011	#1545
2012	#1130
2013	#1484
2014	#1367
2015	#1279
2016	#1749
2017	#1733
2018	#2499
2019	#2170
2020	#1687
2021	#1962
2022	#1767
2023	#1959
2024	#3015

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1130 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Elyssa 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 Elyssa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	139	10 of 10	14
2010sbusiest	193	10 of 10	19
2020s	69	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Elyssa 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #907 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Elyssa'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1367	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1130	30	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1344	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1337	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #907, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 16 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.

Elysha · #869, 19y
Elysia · #380, 29y
Elyssia · #1720, 27y
Elyza · #588, 20y

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.

Clea · #907, 24y
Hajar · #907, 29y
Emerald · #905, 29y
Maymunah · #905, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Clea · #907, 24y
Guto · #907, 29y
Hajar · #907, 29y
Tarun · #907, 27y

Elyssa was ranked #907 in Republic of Ireland · 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.

Elyssa 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 Elyssa without appearing here.

Elyssa moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1687 and #4535.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1589 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1386 and #3548.
Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2770 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1995 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Elyssa

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1733 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2499 and #1436.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1687 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #1286.
Frida Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1130 and #1210 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1484 and #925.

Moved the opposite way to Elyssa

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Elyssa went from #3848 to #1959 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elyssa went from #1617 to #3015 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Rian Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Elyssa went from #3126 to #1279 while Rian went from #2350 to #5730.
Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Elyssa went from #3126 to #1130 while Vicki went from #848 to #5876.

Moved the same way as Elyssa

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Elyssa went from #1995 to #3015 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #907 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Elyssa

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Elyssa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Elyssa at a glance

Elyssa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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