# Elyse (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elyse/  
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 | 21,264 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 19 / 21,245 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 809, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A rare spelling variant of Elise. By folk etymology, connected to Elysium.

## 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 | 479 | 599 |
| 2012 | 571 | 531 |
| 2013 | 495 | 581 |
| 2014 | 477 | 609 |
| 2015 | 440 | 653 |
| 2016 | 418 | 694 |
| 2017 | 429 | 682 |
| 2018 | 422 | 688 |
| 2019 | 385 | 734 |
| 2020 | 388 | 718 |
| 2021 | 314 | 869 |
| 2022 | 344 | 816 |
| 2023 | 344 | 812 |
| 2024 | 376 | 750 |
| 2025 | 286 | 918 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 7 | 5,961 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,423 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,527 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,253 |
| 2013 | 41 | 900 |
| 2014 | 34 | 1,040 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,749 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

## People named Elyse

- Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
- Elyse Knox, American actress (1917-2012)
- Elyse Villani, cricketer
- Taylor Tomlinson, American stand-up comedian

## 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.