Elise
The 2025 national count puts Elise at #223, keeping its place without fuss. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 75,186 American children have carried it so far.
What Elise carries
Elise · Hebrew
“oath of God”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Elise’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Elise, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Elise since 1880
Elise peaked in 2012 at #152; #223 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Elise is most common
Elise is most common in Alaska: 0.54% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. District of Columbia (0.3%) and Hawaii (0.23%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Elise
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Eliza
#115 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ezekiel
#61 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isabel
#177 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathaniel
#140 in 2025 · Hebrew
Malachi
#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Giovanni
#123 in 2025 · Hebrew
Gabriella
#105 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jeremiah
#88 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Elise
How popular is the name Elise?
The 2025 national count puts Elise at #223, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Elise?
“oath of God” is the meaning our source sets down, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Elise?
Nearest by the published recipe: Eliza, Ezekiel and Isabel. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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