female NAME · CURRENTLY #5014

Elyssa

eh-LISS-uh

“A variant of Alyssa, associated with the alyssum flower; ultimately from Greek alysson, “against madness””

A feminine variant spelling related in usage to names such as Alyssa and Elissa.

variantfemininefamiliar
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Elyssa has traveled through time

91960 71965 161970 171975 441980 791985 1881990 1861995 2522000 2462005 1882010 1052015 812020 262025
LATEST YEAR202526 births
PEAK RANK#800in 1998
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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