girls:
325 births since 1988
#5391 (6th percentile)
overall:
325 births since 1988
#7414 (4th percentile)
The name Ellyssa is the #7,414 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 325 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 4.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,391 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 325 births since 1988.
Ellyssa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (first recorded for girls in 1988). Birth data for Ellyssa is available in 33 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Ellyssa reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #923) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Ellyssa ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 25.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ellyssa".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Ellyssa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.5% confident that Ellyssa is pronounced as EH-lih-suh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-LIH-suh, at 27.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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