Elise is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 2012 and has grown less common since.
Elise is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #223 for girl births in the United States (and #489 across all names), given to 1,367 babies. Elise was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2012 (2,121 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,367 | 1,367 | #223 | — |
| 2024 | 1,270 | 1,270 | #251 | — |
| 2023 | 1,146 | 1,146 | #273 | — |
| 2022 | 1,204 | 1,204 | #260 | — |
| 2021 | 1,254 | 1,254 | #242 | — |
| 2020 | 1,364 | 1,364 | #212 | — |
| 2019 | 1,472 | 1,472 | #207 | — |
| 2018 | 1,670 | 1,670 | #176 | — |
| 2017 | 1,721 | 1,721 | #177 | #12,842 |
| 2016 | 1,915 | 1,915 | #168 | — |
| 2015 | 1,845 | 1,845 | #174 | — |
| 2014 | 1,972 | 1,972 | #168 | #12,616 |
| 2013 | 2,017 | 2,017 | #159 | — |
| 2012 | 2,126 | 2,126 | #152 | #12,829 |
| 2011 | 1,934 | 1,934 | #162 | — |
| 2010 | 1,588 | 1,588 | #196 | — |
| 2009 | 1,531 | 1,531 | #210 | #13,036 |
| 2008 | 1,549 | 1,549 | #218 | — |
| 2007 | 1,559 | 1,559 | #224 | — |
| 2006 | 1,566 | 1,566 | #218 | — |
| 2005 | 1,496 | 1,496 | #228 | — |
| 2004 | 1,510 | 1,510 | #226 | — |
| 2003 | 1,419 | 1,419 | #232 | — |
| 2002 | 1,336 | 1,336 | #238 | — |
| 2001 | 1,337 | 1,337 | #236 | — |
| 2000 | 1,278 | 1,278 | #254 | — |
| 1999 | 1,157 | 1,157 | #272 | — |
| 1998 | 1,026 | 1,026 | #293 | — |
| 1997 | 1,046 | — | #278 | — |
| 1996 | 935 | — | #305 | — |
| 1995 | 788 | — | #335 | — |
| 1994 | 802 | — | #333 | — |
| 1993 | 978 | — | #284 | — |
| 1992 | 939 | — | #298 | — |
| 1991 | 970 | — | #290 | — |
| 1990 | 1,071 | — | #265 | — |
| 1989 | 1,075 | — | #253 | #4,929 |
| 1988 | 1,102 | — | #240 | #5,959 |
| 1987 | 1,143 | — | #235 | — |
| 1986 | 1,043 | — | #248 | — |
| 1985 | 942 | — | #270 | #4,433 |
| 1984 | 760 | — | #312 | — |
| 1983 | 556 | — | #394 | — |
| 1982 | 437 | — | #477 | — |
| 1981 | 387 | — | #512 | — |
| 1980 | 334 | — | #557 | — |
| 1979 | 296 | — | #605 | — |
| 1978 | 283 | — | #605 | — |
| 1977 | 255 | — | #645 | — |
| 1976 | 244 | — | #633 | — |
| 1975 | 230 | — | #661 | — |
| 1974 | 221 | — | #675 | — |
| 1973 | 292 | — | #566 | — |
| 1972 | 256 | — | #614 | — |
| 1971 | 308 | — | #569 | — |
| 1970 | 331 | — | #557 | — |
| 1969 | 329 | — | #544 | — |
| 1968 | 341 | — | #522 | — |
| 1967 | 337 | — | #517 | — |
| 1966 | 362 | — | #492 | — |
| 1965 | 374 | — | #491 | — |
| 1964 | 427 | — | #470 | — |
| 1963 | 374 | — | #503 | — |
| 1962 | 367 | — | #505 | — |
| 1961 | 403 | — | #482 | — |
| 1960 | 374 | — | #502 | — |
| 1959 | 421 | — | #472 | — |
| 1958 | 392 | — | #480 | — |
| 1957 | 358 | — | #501 | — |
| 1956 | 394 | — | #470 | — |
| 1955 | 409 | — | #443 | — |
| 1954 | 404 | — | #436 | — |
| 1953 | 352 | — | #456 | — |
| 1952 | 303 | — | #483 | — |
| 1951 | 291 | — | #482 | — |
| 1950 | 187 | — | #614 | — |
| 1949 | 169 | — | #640 | — |
| 1948 | 166 | — | #646 | — |
| 1947 | 185 | — | #615 | — |
| 1946 | 132 | — | #702 | — |
| 1945 | 113 | — | #698 | — |
| 1944 | 134 | — | #632 | — |
| 1943 | 125 | — | #679 | — |
| 1942 | 106 | — | #727 | — |
| 1941 | 123 | — | #641 | — |
| 1940 | 116 | — | #647 | — |
| 1939 | 118 | — | #622 | — |
| 1938 | 107 | — | #667 | — |
| 1937 | 119 | — | #623 | — |
| 1936 | 116 | — | #612 | — |
| 1935 | 139 | — | #547 | — |
| 1934 | 96 | — | #681 | — |
| 1933 | 121 | — | #585 | — |
| 1932 | 129 | — | #579 | — |
| 1931 | 147 | — | #546 | — |
| 1930 | 137 | — | #585 | — |
| 1929 | 169 | — | #529 | #4,141 |
| 1928 | 149 | — | #579 | — |
| 1927 | 157 | — | #569 | — |
| 1926 | 164 | — | #565 | #4,396 |
| 1925 | 155 | — | #577 | — |
| 1924 | 199 | — | #499 | — |
| 1923 | 205 | — | #490 | #4,411 |
| 1922 | 202 | — | #484 | — |
| 1921 | 216 | — | #469 | — |
| 1920 | 208 | — | #470 | — |
| 1919 | 234 | — | #428 | — |
| 1918 | 209 | — | #463 | — |
| 1917 | 215 | — | #443 | #4,157 |
| 1916 | 198 | — | #452 | — |
| 1915 | 186 | — | #451 | — |
| 1914 | 157 | — | #432 | — |
| 1913 | 144 | — | #410 | — |
| 1912 | 143 | — | #385 | — |
| 1911 | 77 | — | #470 | — |
| 1910 | 62 | — | #519 | — |
| 1909 | 63 | — | #473 | — |
| 1908 | 70 | — | #431 | — |
| 1907 | 67 | — | #436 | — |
| 1906 | 55 | — | #460 | — |
| 1905 | 54 | — | #459 | — |
| 1904 | 59 | — | #423 | — |
| 1903 | 53 | — | #438 | — |
| 1902 | 51 | — | #436 | — |
| 1901 | 47 | — | #433 | — |
| 1900 | 76 | — | #382 | — |
| 1899 | 48 | — | #421 | — |
| 1898 | 60 | — | #396 | — |
| 1897 | 50 | — | #416 | — |
| 1896 | 46 | — | #427 | — |
| 1895 | 50 | — | #398 | — |
| 1894 | 43 | — | #423 | — |
| 1893 | 51 | — | #379 | — |
| 1892 | 40 | — | #422 | — |
| 1891 | 44 | — | #378 | — |
| 1890 | 33 | — | #450 | — |
| 1889 | 42 | — | #372 | — |
| 1888 | 33 | — | #434 | — |
| 1887 | 32 | — | #381 | — |
| 1886 | 32 | — | #379 | — |
| 1885 | 25 | — | #417 | — |
| 1884 | 28 | — | #378 | — |
| 1883 | 26 | — | #357 | — |
| 1882 | 29 | — | #329 | — |
| 1881 | 22 | — | #349 | — |
| 1880 | 24 | — | #329 | — |