Calisa — girls' name
158 babies named Calisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Calisa was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Calisa in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Calisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Calisa between 1970 and 2017, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Calisa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Calisa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Calisa 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 158 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.
Calisa at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Calisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1970
- Peak year (1991)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
158 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 12 births in a single year.
Calisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 38 births that decade — 24% of Calisa's all-time total
Calisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Calisa's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1970–2017 (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.