Elissa is a distinctive choice, ranked #1021 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Elissa in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1021
About the Name Elissa
Elissa has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 338 places in five years. It was most popular in 2012 at #407 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Elissa is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Elissa
Unlikely. With around 34 UK babies named Elissa per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Elissa in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Elissa has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 338 places in the last five years. Its peak was #407 in 2012. Choosing it now means she is likely to be among the last of her generation with this name.
Elissa is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Elissa include: Elissa Altman — Elissa Altman is an American author, essayist, editor, and teacher.; Elissa Freiha — Elissa Freiha) is an Emirati-Lebanese-American businesswoman, entrepreneur, investor, executive producer, and feminist activist.; Elissa J. Chesler — Elissa Chesler is a research professor and senior director at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine..
Elissa does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Elissas in the wild.
34
UK babies named Elissa (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 338 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Elissa
Likely around 1 other Elissa in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Elissa Altman is an American author, essayist, editor, and teacher. She is the author of the hybrid craft-memoir, Permission: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create, and three memoirs: Motherland: A Memoir of Love, Loathing, and Longing, Poor Man’s Feast: A Love Story of Comfort, Desire, and the Art of Simple Cooking, and Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw Her narrative food blog, Poor Man's Feast, won a James Beard Foundation Award for Individual Food Blog in 2012; it became the basis for her bestselling newsletter of the same name in 2022.
Elissa Freiha) is an Emirati-Lebanese-American businesswoman, entrepreneur, investor, executive producer, and feminist activist. She is the founder of Womena, a female-focused media company that aims to inspire real change through storytelling and digital content.
Elissa Chesler is a research professor and senior director at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. She holds the position of Ann Watson Symington Chair in Addiction Research.