Jellisa — girls' name
29 babies named Jellisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
29 girls have been named Jellisa since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1993.
- 29
- total births
- 1988–1993
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Jellisa was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Jellisa in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jellisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Jellisa between 1988 and 1993, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jellisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jellisa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jellisa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jellisa 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 29 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.
Jellisa at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jellisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1988
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
29 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 7 births in a single year.
Jellisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 59% of Jellisa's all-time total
Jellisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jellisa's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 1988–1993 (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.