Elissa is an established variant of Elise that peaked in 1979 and has grown less common since.
Elissa is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,848 for girl births in the United States (and #3,362 across all names), given to 108 babies. Elissa first appears in 1914 and peaked in 1979 (408 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | 108 | #1,848 |
| 2024 | 140 | 140 | #1,530 |
| 2023 | 150 | 150 | #1,465 |
| 2022 | 160 | 160 | #1,416 |
| 2021 | 164 | 164 | #1,348 |
| 2020 | 164 | 164 | #1,345 |
| 2019 | 213 | 213 | #1,137 |
| 2018 | 183 | 183 | #1,264 |
| 2017 | 166 | 166 | #1,388 |
| 2016 | 166 | 166 | #1,404 |
| 2015 | 169 | 169 | #1,394 |
| 2014 | 242 | 242 | #1,065 |
| 2013 | 235 | 235 | #1,057 |
| 2012 | 298 | 298 | #888 |
| 2011 | 224 | 224 | #1,098 |
| 2010 | 219 | 219 | #1,122 |
| 2009 | 206 | 206 | #1,211 |
| 2008 | 247 | 247 | #1,059 |
| 2007 | 224 | 224 | #1,145 |
| 2006 | 248 | 248 | #1,033 |
| 2005 | 274 | 274 | #910 |
| 2004 | 279 | 279 | #881 |
| 2003 | 284 | 284 | #852 |
| 2002 | 299 | 299 | #788 |
| 2001 | 302 | 302 | #784 |
| 2000 | 290 | 290 | #792 |
| 1999 | 305 | 305 | #737 |
| 1998 | 311 | 311 | #712 |
| 1997 | 300 | — | #717 |
| 1996 | 269 | — | #779 |
| 1995 | 290 | — | #714 |
| 1994 | 247 | — | #817 |
| 1993 | 272 | — | #760 |
| 1992 | 292 | — | #728 |
| 1991 | 300 | — | #706 |
| 1990 | 279 | — | #744 |
| 1989 | 339 | — | #624 |
| 1988 | 258 | — | #727 |
| 1987 | 302 | — | #633 |
| 1986 | 340 | — | #574 |
| 1985 | 302 | — | #622 |
| 1984 | 315 | — | #580 |
| 1983 | 348 | — | #539 |
| 1982 | 364 | — | #535 |
| 1981 | 352 | — | #534 |
| 1980 | 357 | — | #529 |
| 1979 | 408 | — | #496 |
| 1978 | 279 | — | #612 |
| 1977 | 271 | — | #620 |
| 1976 | 216 | — | #688 |
| 1975 | 216 | — | #695 |
| 1974 | 175 | — | #783 |
| 1973 | 226 | — | #659 |
| 1972 | 201 | — | #714 |
| 1971 | 215 | — | #709 |
| 1970 | 258 | — | #637 |
| 1969 | 177 | — | #757 |
| 1968 | 170 | — | #763 |
| 1967 | 155 | — | #802 |
| 1966 | 115 | — | #950 |
| 1965 | 103 | — | #1,026 |
| 1964 | 131 | — | #914 |
| 1963 | 165 | — | #808 |
| 1962 | 112 | — | #1,016 |
| 1961 | 119 | — | #994 |
| 1960 | 105 | — | #1,048 |
| 1959 | 122 | — | #951 |
| 1958 | 110 | — | #988 |
| 1957 | 94 | — | #1,073 |
| 1956 | 109 | — | #967 |
| 1955 | 144 | — | #805 |
| 1954 | 166 | — | #719 |
| 1953 | 167 | — | #709 |
| 1952 | 172 | — | #680 |
| 1951 | 113 | — | #841 |
| 1950 | 86 | — | #982 |
| 1949 | 119 | — | #792 |
| 1948 | 109 | — | #838 |
| 1947 | 88 | — | #945 |
| 1946 | 73 | — | #980 |
| 1945 | 55 | — | #1,051 |
| 1944 | 51 | — | #1,093 |
| 1943 | 63 | — | #997 |
| 1942 | 41 | — | #1,251 |
| 1941 | 42 | — | #1,154 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | #1,247 |
| 1939 | 42 | — | #1,111 |
| 1938 | 40 | — | #1,148 |
| 1937 | 37 | — | #1,182 |
| 1936 | 44 | — | #1,055 |
| 1935 | 61 | — | #886 |
| 1934 | 50 | — | #976 |
| 1933 | 54 | — | #927 |
| 1932 | 29 | — | #1,397 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | #2,229 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,768 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,925 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,630 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,733 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,140 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #2,968 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #2,565 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | #4,234 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,284 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,536 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,307 |