Arlisa — girls' name
431 babies named Arlisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Arlisa was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Arlisa in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arlisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 431 babies named Arlisa between 1957 and 2004, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arlisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arlisa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Arlisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Arlisa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arlisa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 431 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Arlisa at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arlisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1957
- Peak year (1967)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
431 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 31 births in a single year.
Arlisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 182 births that decade — 42% of Arlisa's all-time total
Arlisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 182 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Arlisa's strongest decade
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Arlisa by state
Where Arlisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.