Jelisa — #15775 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jelisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,098 babies named Jelisa between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jelisa currently holds the #15775 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 145 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jelisa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 602 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jelisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 65 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jelisa in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jelisa 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 1,098 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.