Delissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Delissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 401 babies named Delissa between 1953 and 2013, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delissa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Delissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Delissa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delissa 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 401 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.