Girls' name · since 1956
Ilisa
Ilisa has 175 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ilisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 175 recorded since 1956.
Ilisa has 175 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2012.
- #21,182 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 175 born since 1956
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ilisa ranks #21,182 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 175 born since 1956, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,182 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ilisa's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Ilisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ilisa's full recorded timeline at 1969, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ilisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2012
- Peak year (1964)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Ilisa by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (85 births, 49% of the file).
1960s was Ilisa's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ilisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 24
1950s
24 births
- 1960s
1960s
85 births
- 1970s
1970s
43 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 85 births (49% of all-time use).
Ilisa by state
Where Ilisa concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 18 | 10.3% |
18 of 175 births nationwide.
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What to do with Ilisa's data
- Ilisa's decade-level peak was the 1960s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Ilisas (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ilisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1956–2012 (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 Ilisa 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.