Lissa
Lissa was the 8651st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 958th; the most babies were born in 1963 (122). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,237 places. More babies were named Lissa in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,651 girls, up 72 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1963122 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,979babies recorded
Lissa popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,651 | 12 |
| 2020 | #8,723 | 12 |
| 2010 | #9,565 | 12 |
| 2000 | #7,404 | 14 |
| 1990 | #1,838 | 78 |
| 1980 | #1,697 | 67 |
| 1970 | #1,253 | 89 |
| 1960 | #996 | 117 |
| 1950 | #1,387 | 44 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Lissa, counting every spelling?
Lissa has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Lissa?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lissa (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lissa 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 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lissa.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lissa?
About 3,600 people born in the US named Lissa are alive today, with a median age of 54; half are between 39 and 64. That makes Lissa 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lissa: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lissa, they share its era and feel.
Lissa is also a nickname for Melissa.
Questions about the name Lissa
How popular is the name Lissa?
Lissa was the 8651st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 958th; the most babies were born in 1963 (122). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,237 places. More babies were named Lissa in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Lissa a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lissa in the US.