Recorded 1960–2017 Girls' name Peak 1961 69 births

Belisa — girls' name

69 babies named Belisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s301970s222010s17
1960s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Belisa was born in this single decade.

1961
Single peak year

8 babies were named Belisa in 1961 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Belisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Belisa between 1960 and 2017, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Belisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Belisa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Belisa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Belisa 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 69 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.

Belisa at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

69

Since 1960

58 years of records

Peak year

1961

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1960

Recorded for 58 years

Last year on file: 2017

Belisa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1960

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1961)
8
Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
456789 201720122010197919741971197019671966196219611960 5

Belisa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
30 births that decade — 43% of Belisa's all-time total
1960s301970s222010s17

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Belisa?
69 babies have been named Belisa since 1960. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1961 with 8 births.
When was Belisa most popular?
Belisa was most popular in the 1960s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 1961.
How long has the name Belisa been used?
Belisa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1960, spanning 58 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Belisa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bella, Belinda, Belle, Belen, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1960–2017 (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.