Girls' name · since 1980
Jelissa
938 babies named Jelissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,428 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 938
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jelissa is the #15428 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 938 recorded since 1980.
Jelissa has 938 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15428 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #7,849 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,428 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 938 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jelissa ranks #7,849 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,428 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 938 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,849 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,428 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 938
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jelissa's 938 recorded births place it above 89.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Jelissa compares
938 Top 33% higher than 67% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jelissa's all-time total is 149% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jelissa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 938 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 64 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jelissa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jelissa's full recorded timeline at 2004, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 64 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jelissa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 64
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jelissa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (355 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Jelissa's strongest decade.
355 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jelissa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
152 births
- 1990s
1990s
355 births
- 2000s
2000s
234 births
- 2010s
2010s
158 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 355 births (38% of all-time use).
How Jelissa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jelissa's total volume
Jelissa by state
Where Jelissa concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 141 | 15.0% |
| #2 | California | | 27 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 16 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Connecticut | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
141 of 938 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Jelissa appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jelissa's data
- Jelissa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (355 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jelissas (141 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 Jelissa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Jelissa 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.