Elisa

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Elisa is a feminine and masculine given name. It is of Phoenician origin. According to legend, the first queen of Carthage was Elissa.

From Wikipedia

Elisa first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2012 with 849 babies (rank #368 that year). In 2024 it was given to 712 girls (rank #433). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Elisa

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Elisa yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

47,122

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

849

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Elisa

Elisa Bonapartepatron of the arts · b. 1777
Elisarecording artist · b. 1977
Elisa Longo Borghinisport cyclist · b. 1991

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	5	#858
1882	8	#697
1883	8	#714
1884	10	#697
1885	8	#806
1886	12	#668
1887	16	#567
1888	15	#670
1889	11	#815
1890	13	#767
1891	11	#854
1892	17	#709
1893	10	#974
1894	12	#917
1895	13	#905
1896	13	#914
1897	17	#769
1898	13	#977
1899	9	#1,126
1900	21	#812
1901	17	#804
1902	12	#1,040
1903	16	#870
1904	24	#715
1905	15	#978
1906	26	#720
1907	28	#713
1908	27	#747
1909	33	#694
1910	34	#726
1911	28	#812
1912	39	#796
1913	40	#832
1914	55	#779
1915	60	#840
1916	78	#776
1917	76	#793
1918	67	#876
1919	83	#774
1920	102	#718
1921	98	#738
1922	103	#718
1923	97	#743
1924	121	#676
1925	106	#716
1926	118	#666
1927	111	#690
1928	155	#568
1929	118	#638
1930	129	#611
1931	117	#615
1932	119	#602
1933	100	#656
1934	115	#618
1935	102	#648
1936	112	#624
1937	94	#705
1938	94	#707
1939	74	#799
1940	83	#773
1941	74	#846
1942	82	#846
1943	115	#719
1944	108	#727
1945	90	#794
1946	113	#772
1947	112	#830
1948	132	#734
1949	135	#731
1950	115	#814
1951	164	#683
1952	188	#651
1953	261	#533
1954	241	#583
1955	302	#527
1956	288	#550
1957	329	#526
1958	384	#486
1959	450	#456
1960	514	#432
1961	542	#420
1962	551	#417
1963	716	#356
1964	643	#378
1965	617	#367
1966	681	#341
1967	633	#356
1968	652	#346
1969	647	#359
1970	687	#359
1971	678	#359
1972	607	#361
1973	585	#364
1974	562	#378
1975	495	#407
1976	537	#383
1977	556	#379
1978	585	#365
1979	728	#323
1980	713	#339
1981	775	#311
1982	716	#335
1983	677	#340
1984	645	#358
1985	678	#346
1986	668	#357
1987	624	#374
1988	603	#399
1989	640	#389
1990	601	#422
1991	620	#412
1992	541	#457
1993	555	#452
1994	523	#476
1995	546	#462
1996	577	#440
1997	562	#452
1998	547	#471
1999	497	#513
2000	509	#520
2001	557	#495
2002	559	#497
2003	552	#517
2004	593	#496
2005	541	#533
2006	542	#546
2007	554	#552
2008	492	#626
2009	472	#633
2010	602	#497
2011	543	#535
2012	849	#368
2013	657	#467
2014	619	#505
2015	656	#488
2016	633	#492
2017	616	#508
2018	690	#457
2019	711	#441
2020	594	#511
2021	750	#421
2022	771	#409
2023	730	#420
2024	712	#433