Ilissa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ilissa

The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Ilissa between 1967 and 2002, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ilissa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ilissa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ilissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ilissa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ilissa 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 249 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.