# Elisa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elisa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 47,804 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 143 / 47,661 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,625, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Elise.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 543 | 536 |
| 2012 | 849 | 368 |
| 2013 | 657 | 467 |
| 2014 | 619 | 505 |
| 2015 | 656 | 489 |
| 2016 | 634 | 490 |
| 2017 | 617 | 508 |
| 2018 | 691 | 456 |
| 2019 | 711 | 441 |
| 2020 | 595 | 511 |
| 2021 | 750 | 421 |
| 2022 | 772 | 408 |
| 2023 | 731 | 419 |
| 2024 | 714 | 433 |
| 2025 | 674 | 458 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 4,926 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,322 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,122 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,098 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,338 |
| 1981 | 11 | 3,677 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,722 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,689 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,506 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,798 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,349 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,259 |
| 1992 | 7 | 6,904 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,828 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,231 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 509 |
| 2012 | 117 | 397 |
| 2013 | 123 | 368 |
| 2014 | 134 | 341 |
| 2015 | 121 | 372 |
| 2016 | 151 | 330 |
| 2017 | 134 | 350 |
| 2018 | 136 | 350 |
| 2019 | 133 | 338 |
| 2020 | 121 | 365 |
| 2021 | 109 | 407 |
| 2022 | 130 | 330 |
| 2023 | 113 | 370 |
| 2024 | 99 | 432 |
| 2025 | 113 | 376 |

## People named Elisa

- Elisa Bonaparte, French princess (1777-1820)
- Elisa Donovan, American actress
- Elisa Carrió, Argentine politician and lawyer
- Elisa Sednaoui, French-Italian-Egyptian actress and model
- Elisa Cegani, actress (1911-1996)
- Elisa Spiropali, Albanian politician
- Élisa De Almeida, French footballer
- Elisa Quintana, American astronomer
- Elisa Tovati, French actress and singer
- Elisa Senß, German association football player
- Elisa Mevius, German basketball player (born 2004)
- Elisa Caroline Bommer, Belgian botanist (1832-1910)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.