Recorded 1988–2004 Girls' name Peak 1991 104 births

Jaleisa — girls' name

104 babies named Jaleisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s271990s712000s6
1990s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Jaleisa was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

22 babies were named Jaleisa in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jaleisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 104 babies named Jaleisa between 1988 and 2004, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaleisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaleisa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jaleisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jaleisa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaleisa 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 104 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.

Jaleisa at a glance

Last recorded 2004

Total births

104

Since 1988

17 years of records

Peak year

1991

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2004

Active since

1988

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2004

Jaleisa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1988

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (1991)
22
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
0510152025 200419951994199319921991199019891988 17

Jaleisa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
71 births that decade — 68% of Jaleisa's all-time total
1980s271990s712000s6

Jaleisa by state

Where Jaleisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jaleisa
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
5 4.8%
Georgia share of Jaleisa's total US births 4.8%

5 of 104 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaleisa?
104 babies have been named Jaleisa since 1988. It was last recorded in 2004. The peak year was 1991 with 22 births.
When was Jaleisa most popular?
Jaleisa was most popular in the 1990s decade with 71 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Jaleisa most popular?
The top states for the name Jaleisa are Georgia (5 births).
How long has the name Jaleisa been used?
Jaleisa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 17 years of data through 2004.
What names are similar to Jaleisa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaliyah, Jalisa, Jalyn, Jalynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.