Elyse
- Pronunciation
- [E-lyse]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Noble
- Origin
- German
About the Name Elyse
Elyse is a streamlined, French-influenced form connected to the ancient Germanic element adal, meaning "noble," the same root that lies behind names like Adelaide and Elise. With its sleek single-vowel spelling, Elyse gives an aristocratic heritage a polished, distinctly modern silhouette — refined and graceful yet easy to wear in everyday life, a name that feels both elevated and approachable at the same time.
The two syllables, E-lyse, give it a soft, elegant sound, and the y spelling reads as contemporary and distinctive without straining for effect. The name has a graceful, understated quality, appealing to parents who want something delicate and timeless but with a subtle modern twist. It carries a quiet sophistication, neither fussy nor overly common, that lets it stand out gently while remaining instantly familiar.
Elyse first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its peak in 2012 at rank #531, holding a place on the chart through 2024, when it ranked #745, with 10,025 top-1000 births in total. Recorded variants include Eilis, Elyce, and Ilyse. That long, steady run across more than two decades marks Elyse as an enduring, dependable choice rather than a brief or passing trend, a name that has stayed quietly fashionable without ever crowding the very top of the charts.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Elyse
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Elyse by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2012 with 571 girls named Elyse (girl rank #531 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #918 for girls (286 US births). That's 387 places below its 2012 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Elyse Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Elyse the strongest states are Nebraska, Iowa, Connecticut.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska | #363 | 19 |
| 2 | Iowa | #451 | 62 |
| 3 | Connecticut | #486 | 18 |
| 4 | Kansas | #528 | 25 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #567 | 60 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | #568 | 85 |
| 7 | Michigan | #570 | 141 |
| 8 | Ohio | #609 | 160 |
| 9 | Indiana | #630 | 84 |
| 10 | Arizona | #632 | 56 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | #965 | 179 |
| 2 | Georgia | #894 | 75 |
| 3 | Florida | #859 | 147 |
| 4 | North Carolina | #828 | 88 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #827 | 54 |
| 6 | Tennessee | #826 | 33 |
| 7 | New York | #810 | 162 |
| 8 | Washington | #746 | 62 |
| 9 | Maryland | #744 | 56 |
| 10 | Kentucky | #704 | 17 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Elyse in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Elyse to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Elyse against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).