Elisey

#9,984 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Yelisey

Elisey has been given to 60 babies in the U.S. since 2003. In 2025 it ranked #9,984 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Elisey, 2025

1 in 474,000

Elisey over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Elisey: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Yelisey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Elisey means

Elisey is a alternate transcription of Yelisey.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Yelisey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 60 boys were recorded with the name Elisey between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2011; its best national rank was #9,934 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,997 in 2020 to #9,984 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,607 in 2015 to #9,984 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Elisey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,984; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Elisey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Elisey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Eliseys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Elisey was born before 2016 — so the typical Elisey is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 70.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 60; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 70.0% of all recorded uses (42).

Is Elisey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,013; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,623; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.40×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2011 (7)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,934; 2011

Spellings of Elisey

Elisey is not the most common spelling — Elisha is, with 29.0% against Elisey's 0.11%.

Elisha29.0%15,668
Eliseo22.2%11,996
Ulises22.1%11,944
Kelsey9.9%5,322
Eliel9.1%4,922
Elie5.6%3,015
Elier0.99%537
Elige0.98%528

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Elisey around the world

Where Elisey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2022–2024
#5,120
in 2024
France
2020–2025
#4,012
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Elisey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,984
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,013
Best rank ever: #9,934; 2011
Peak year: 2011; 7 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 60
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Elisey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Elicio Eliana Elison Elisio Elikem Eliahs Elioth Elizar Elite Elizeo Eliyan Elios Eliano Eliason Elikai Elius Eliad Eliyohu Eliazer Eliphaz Elix Eliantte Elic Eliav

Sibling names for Elisey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Rhianna Adelle Alysa Hayleigh Annabell Jaiden Sydnie

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Jarod Keven

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