Ellisa
Feminine
Ellisa sits between three names and the doubled letter is what decides which one it looks like. One l points at Elisa; two point at Ellis; a doubled s would point somewhere else again.
How old is the name Ellisa?
Ellisa first appears in US birth records in 1954 — 71 years ago. The typical Ellisa alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 800 people named Ellisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ellisa most popular?
Ellisa peaked in 1963, reaching #2424 nationally. See the whole 1963 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Ellisa
Doubling a consonant is the most consequential small decision in English spelling, because it changes which word the eye recognizes. The vowel before a doubled letter is read as short and the one before a single letter as long — so Elisa and Ellisa are not just two spellings but two different-sounding names, at least to a reader meeting them cold. That is why respellings cluster around doubled letters: it is the one place where a change is visible and audible at the same time, and where a parent can move a name into a different family without touching anything else.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Three candidates with different histories: Elizabeth, whose Hebrew original is about an oath; Alice, from a Germanic compound; and the surname Ellis, which is itself a worn-down Elijah. The spelling does not choose and neither does the record.
Pronouncing Ellisa
eh-LISS-uh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The doubled l keeps the vowel before it short, which is the whole job of the spelling.
Nicknames for Ellisa
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1954
- Most girls named
- 196325 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2424reached in 1963
- Change vs 2021
- +120.0%11 in 2022, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ellisas among us
people named Ellisa are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Ellisa sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is read correctly on sight, which not every respelling manages.
- It shortens two ways and both short forms are established names.
- It is rare while sounding entirely familiar.
- Elisa, Elissa and Alisa are all nearby and hers will be written as one of them.
- Three possible parents mean no meaning is safely hers.
- The doubled letter will be dropped by half the people who write it.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ellisas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Ellisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ellisa in 2025?
- Ellisa is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Ellisa with classmates?
- Ellisa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More E names
The most-given names starting with E, all years combined.
Elizabeth#17 · Emily#34 · Emma#3 · Evelyn#8 · Ella#29 · Eleanor#12 · Erin#833 · Edna#2458
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