Jelisa
Jelisa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1989145 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1980
- 1,098people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,098 girls have been named Jelisa in the United States since 1980, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 145 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 145 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 55%.
By decade
In 1989, its biggest year
Jelisa was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1989 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Jelisa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Britnypeak 1990
- Chelseapeak 1992
- Chelsiepeak 1992
- Markiepeak 1990
- Chelseypeak 1992
- Jalisapeak 1989
- Shaniecepeak 1992
- Shanicepeak 1992
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.