Girls' name · since 1959
Carlissa
Carlissa has 658 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 658
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
658 girls have been named Carlissa since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Carlissa has 658 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2016.
- #9,925 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 658 born since 1959
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carlissa ranks #9,925 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 658 born since 1959, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,925 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 658
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
Carlissa's 658 recorded births place it above 86.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Carlissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carlissa's full recorded timeline at 1988, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carlissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2016
- Peak year (1989)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Carlissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (193 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Carlissa's strongest decade.
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Carlissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 58
1960s
58 births
- 1970s
1970s
95 births
- 1980s
1980s
138 births
- 1990s
1990s
193 births
- 2000s
2000s
132 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 193 births (29% of all-time use).
How Carlissa 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 Carlissa's total volume
Carlissa by state
Where Carlissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 658 births nationwide.
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What to do with Carlissa's data
- Carlissa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (193 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Carlissas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Carlissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
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, 1959–2016 (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 Carlissa 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.