Girls' name · since 1957
Carlisa
1,001 babies named Carlisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,503 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,001
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Carlisa is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,001 have been recorded since 1957.
Carlisa has 1,001 recorded births among girls since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2014.
- #7,503 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,001 born since 1957
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carlisa ranks #7,503 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,001 born since 1957, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,503 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,001
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Carlisa's 1,001 recorded births place it above 89.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
Carlisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Carlisa's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 39, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Carlisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2014
- Peak year (1990)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Carlisa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (255 births, 25% of the file).
1980s was Carlisa's strongest decade.
255 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Carlisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
170 births
- 1970s
1970s
241 births
- 1980s
1980s
255 births
- 1990s
1990s
227 births
- 2000s 81
2000s
81 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 255 births (25% of all-time use).
How Carlisa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Carlisa's total volume
Carlisa by state
Where Carlisa concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 23 | 2.3% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.5% |
23 of 1,001 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Carlisa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (255 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Carlisas (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carlisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1957–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carlisa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.