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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jelisa

Jelisa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 1142nd with 145 babies. More babies were named Jelisa in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1989145 babies
Total since 1880
1,098babies recorded

Jelisa popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#14,1327
2000#6,31817
1990#1,231136
1980#11,0155
1970——
1960——
1950——
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1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Jelisa, counting every spelling?

Jelisa is a spelling of Jelissa, a name family that had 5 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 5 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Jelissa5#15,94034

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 old are people named Jelisa?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Jelisa are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 31 and 37. That makes Jelisa mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Jelisa by state

How common Jelisa was among girls born in each state in 1987–1991, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (8.3×), Alabama (5.1×), Georgia (2.4×), Illinois (1.9×). In 33 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIL0.12Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesNY0.08Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCT0.05Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesVA0.09Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAR0.08Tennessee: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTN0.05North Carolina: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNC0.09South Carolina: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesSC0.14District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesLA0.13Mississippi: 0.50 per 1,000 babiesMS0.50Alabama: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesAL0.31Georgia: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesGA0.15Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesFL0.08
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jelisa, girls, 1987–1991. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Jelisa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jelisa, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Jelisa

How popular is the name Jelisa?

Jelisa was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1989, when it ranked 1142nd with 145 babies. More babies were named Jelisa in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Jelisa a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jelisa in the US.

Where was Jelisa most popular?

In 1987–1991, Jelisa was most common in Mississippi (0.50 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Georgia.