Jalisa
Jalisa was the 4924th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 419th with 592 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,945 places. More babies were named Jalisa in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,924 girls, down 1,061 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 27girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1989592 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,200babies recorded
Jalisa popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 6 since 1989.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,924 | 27 |
| 2020 | #3,863 | 37 |
| 2010 | #2,321 | 82 |
| 2000 | #1,372 | 136 |
| 1990 | #448 | 552 |
| 1980 | #9,530 | 6 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jalisa, counting every spelling?
Jalisa is a spelling of Jalissa, a name family that had 65 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 65 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jalissa | 21 | #5,801 | 150 |
| Jalisa | 27 | #4,924 | 147 |
| Jalyssa | 17 | #6,655 | 66 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jalisa?
27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jalisa (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jalisa born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jalisa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jalisa?
About 6,100 people born in the US named Jalisa are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 24 and 36. That makes Jalisa mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jalisa by state
How common Jalisa was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jalisa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jalisa, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jalisa
How popular is the name Jalisa?
Jalisa was the 4924th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 419th with 592 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,945 places. More babies were named Jalisa in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Jalisa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jalisa in the US.
Where is Jalisa most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jalisa was most common in Pennsylvania (0.02 per 1,000 girls).