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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kalissa

Kalissa was the 8092nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2411th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,308 places. More babies were named Kalissa in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#8,092 girls, down 707 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
13girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
200779 babies
Total since 1880
1,101babies recorded

Kalissa popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#8,09213
2020#7,38515
2010#3,28150
2000#3,09445
1990#5,15918
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How popular is Kalissa, counting every spelling?

Kalissa is the most common spelling of a name family that had 49 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 49 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Kalissa13#8,09262
Calissa13#7,97057
Kalisa15#7,30052
Kalyssa8#11,39648

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 Kalissa?

13 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kalissa (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kalissa 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 646 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kalissa.

Chance of another Kalissa in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Kalissa?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Kalissa are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 14 and 25. That makes Kalissa mostly worn by children and young adults.

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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.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Kalissa

How popular is the name Kalissa?

Kalissa was the 8092nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 2411th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,308 places. More babies were named Kalissa in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Kalissa a boy or girl name?

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