Ilisa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ilisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 175 babies named Ilisa between 1956 and 2012, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilisa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ilisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ilisa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ilisa 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 175 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.