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“Variant of Elise — My God is an oath; my God is abundance” — Hebrew origin
Girl's name · #918 in the US (2025) · 2010s
Elyse reached its best rank, #305, in 1987 and ranked #918 in 2025. Roughly 21,000 girls have been named Elyse since 1913. Together with its spelling variant Elise (#223), Elyse would rank around #190 with about 1,700 births last year — the newborns split about 83/17 between Elise and Elyse.
Around the world: about 1 in 2,500 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 7,000 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 77 notable people named Elyse:
Entertainers appear 2.09× more often than among typical names — e.g. Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress.
Similar names: Elise · Arielle · Elissa · Alize · Micah · Elliot
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