Elisa
Pronounced AH0 L IY1 S AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2012
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Elisa?
Elisa is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 81,802 children — the 416th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2012, when 1,118 children were given it.
Alisa is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Elisa and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Alisa
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AH0 L IY1 S AH0 · AH0 L IY1 Z AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010 · 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Elisa
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Elisa
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Elisa?
- Elisa ranks 416th among girls' names in US records, with 81,802 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,982.
- Is Elisa a unisex name?
- No. Elisa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Elisa most popular?
- 2012, when 1,118 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Elisa spelled?
- Alisa. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.