Girl name#440 of girl names
Elise
Pronounced AH0 L IY1 S (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2012
- 145 years in use
How popular is Elise?
Elise is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 73,875 children — the 440th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2012, when 2,121 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AH0 L IY1 S
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Elise
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Elise
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Elise?
- Elise ranks 440th among girls' names in US records, with 73,875 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 14,847.
- Is Elise a unisex name?
- No. Elise is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Elise most popular?
- 2012, when 2,121 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.