Feminine dossier · first seen 1914

Elissa

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Elissa
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

408

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1914Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

65.7%

2024

140

All-time

17,924

Elissa has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1979, when 408 girls were named Elissa.

In 2024, only 140 girls were given the name.

Down 65.7% from its peak.

All told, about 17,924 Americans have been named Elissa and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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