Baby name

Elyssa

Girl

Short-lived name

Elyssa peaked in 2004, when 1 baby in 13,993 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 83%, to about 50 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 4986. 33% of all babies named Elyssa since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

7,272births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 890rank at its peak, in 2004

Where babies named Elyssa are born

2004

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The darker the blue, the more common Elyssa is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Elyssa is most common in Texas (2 times), New York (1.9) and California (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Alyssa 314,606
Elissa 18,033
Elysia 4,496
Melyssa 2,023
Elysa 1,523
Lyssa 1,492

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