Elisa

What Elisa means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Elisa yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #458 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Elisa?

US: Steady: #489 in 2015, #458 now. England & Wales: Steady: #372 in 2015, #376 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 849 girls got the name (#368 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,385 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,241 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (1.17 per 1,000 girls), MA (1.0 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.87 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Elisa is #458 in the US and #376 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Elisa were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Eliza2,370 US · 712 E&W
• Aliza420 US · 90 E&W
• Alisa125 US · 48 E&W
• Eloisa139 US · 18 E&W
• Elissa108 US · 21 E&W
• Alissa99 US · 22 E&W
• Elyza56 US · 12 E&W
• Elizah41 US · 9 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Elisa

Girls

• Louise#514Feminine form of Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Colette#316Editor’s note Up from #525 in 2015 to #316 in 2025 in the US
• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Noelle#202Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #202 vs #705 in 2025
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*

For a brother

• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Bo#449Swedish, from Old Norse Búi, meaning “dweller, long-time resident”^*
• Noel#478French, meaning “birthday of the Lord”^*
• Marcel#730Editor’s note Up from #771 in 2015 to #730 in 2025 in the US
• Lewis#433Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Louis#249“loud; famous + battle”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Elisa’s. Rank is US 2025.