Feminine dossier · first seen 1913

Elyse

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1987

Peak rank proxy

803

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1913Peak 19872024

Peak year

1987

Decline from peak

53.2%

2024

376

All-time

20,959

Elyse 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 1987, when 803 girls were named Elyse.

In 2024, only 376 girls were given the name.

Down 53.2% from its peak.

All told, about 20,959 Americans have been named Elyse and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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