girl's name

Elesa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 219

Elesa is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1963, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1947.

Elesa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Elesa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 8
1950s 46
1960s 81
1970s 34
1980s 11
1990s 13
2000s 18
2010s (to 2018) 5

How popular is Elesa?

In 2018, Elesa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Elesa is used

England & Wales #7,519 3 in 2011
United States #18,066 5 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Elesa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Elesa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Elesa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Elesa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Elesa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Elesa

How popular is the name Elesa?

In 2018, Elesa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Elesa a girl's or a boy's name?

Elesa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Elesa most popular?

Elesa peaked in 1963, when 15 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.